Is Podstrana safe? Croatia travel risk
Is Podstrana safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Podstrana scores 26/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Croatia Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 18 May 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Podstrana scores 26/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Croatia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Podstrana: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (51/100) and security (24/100).
A score of 26 is higher than the scores of 17% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 43.4800° N, 16.5800° E in Splitsko-Dalmatinska Županija, Podstrana maintains a regional distance of 263.8 km N to Zagreb.
Splitsko-Dalmatinska Županija
43.4800° N, 16.5800° E
20 m
Europe/Zagreb
10,403
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Croatia)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (29 °C avg high); Wettest: November (185 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 10° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 21° | 25° | 29° | 29° | 26° | 20° | 14° | 10° |
| Low °C | 4° | 3° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 20° | 21° | 18° | 13° | 8° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 161 | 116 | 119 | 102 | 95 | 53 | 28 | 40 | 83 | 169 | 185 | 166 |
Normals: Split (11.8 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 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Podstrana happened in September (3 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
1 major seismic event recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.7 on 22 Apr 2022 (137 km away) — USGS details
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