Is Ajaccio safe? France travel risk
Is Ajaccio safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ajaccio scores 31/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates France Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 28 May 2025); 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.
Ajaccio scores 31/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and France (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ajaccio: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (44/100) and natural hazards (28/100).
A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the France travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 41.9267° N, 8.7369° E place Ajaccio within Corsica at an elevation of 12 meters. Heading to Paris: 917.0 km NNW.
Corsica
41.9267° N, 8.7369° E
12 m
Europe/Paris
75,343
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in France
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (28 °C avg high); Wettest: November (137 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 12° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 20° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 25° | 20° | 16° | 13° |
| Low °C | 7° | 7° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 19° | 15° | 11° | 8° |
| Rain mm | 113 | 87 | 94 | 78 | 61 | 31 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 115 | 137 | 125 |
Normals: Ajaccio (0 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 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ajaccio happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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