Is Køge safe? Denmark travel risk
Is Køge safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Køge scores 27/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Denmark Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 17 Sep 2024); 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.
Køge scores 27/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Denmark (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Køge: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (26/100).
A score of 27 is higher than the scores of 18% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Denmark travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 55.4600° N, 12.1834° E in Sjælland, Køge features an altitude of 4 m. The settlement is located 34.1 km NE from Copenhagen.
Sjælland
55.4600° N, 12.1834° E
4 m
Europe/Copenhagen
38,588
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Denmark
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (21 °C avg high); Wettest: July (71 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 3° | 3° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 17° | 12° | 7° | 4° |
| Low °C | -1° | -2° | 0° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 8° | 3° | 1° |
| Rain mm | 55 | 42 | 46 | 44 | 54 | 58 | 71 | 69 | 53 | 57 | 56 | 49 |
Normals: Copenhagen (34.1 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 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Køge happened in July and August (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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