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Kessel-Lo score: 32/100 (Moderate) Updated September 27, 2026

Is Kessel-Lo safe? Belgium travel risk

Is Kessel-Lo safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026

Kessel-Lo scores 32/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Belgium Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 23 Jul 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.

Kessel-Lo scores 32/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Belgium (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kessel-Lo: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.

Driven by: security (36/100) and natural hazards (50/100).

A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.

Consult the Belgium travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.

Territorial & Position Context

Geographically located in Flanders (50.9000° N, 4.7500° E), Kessel-Lo sits 28.5 km WSW from Brussels at 35 m elevation.

Region
Flanders
Coordinates
50.9000° N, 4.7500° E
Elevation
35 m
Time Zone
Europe/Brussels
Population
30,317
Nearest city with evaluated safety score: Brussels (28.5 km WSW).

Critical Services & Regional Transit

Aviation Hub Beauvechain Air Base (EBBE) 15.8 km S
Hospital Care Universitair Gezondheidscentrum 3.8 km WSW
Police Station Wijkcommissariaat Kessel-Lo 2.0 km SW
Railway Terminal Leuven 3.1 km SW

Adjacent Localities in Belgium

Climate by Month

Hottest: August (22 °C avg high); Wettest: July (76 mm).

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High °C 6° 7° 10° 14° 18° 21° 22° 22° 20° 15° 9° 6°
Low °C 1° 1° 3° 5° 9° 12° 14° 14° 12° 9° 4° 2°
Rain mm 72 54 65 56 70 72 76 59 59 65 69 59

Normals: Brussels (28.5 km away).

Natural Hazard Calendar & History

5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)

Hazard Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Floods 2 — — — 3 4 2 4 2 1 — —
Wildfires — — — 1 — — — — — — — —
Droughts — — — — 1 — — — — — — —

Most flood events within 100 km of Kessel-Lo happened in June and August (8 of 18 in five years).

Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.

For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Belgium travel advice & laws.

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Regional Centers with Threat Ratings

Schaarbeek 20
26.7 km W
Laeken 10
27.8 km W
Brussels 90
28.5 km WSW
Jette 15
29.5 km W
Anderlecht 22
30.2 km WSW
Deurne 10
41.3 km NNW

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Reference data: SimpleMaps (CC BY 4.0), GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, OurAirports, Open-Meteo, GDACS, USGS · Sources · Editorial Policy