Is Balma safe? France travel risk
Is Balma safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Balma scores 35/100 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.
Balma scores 35/100 (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 Balma: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: security (44/100) and health and medical access (43/100).
A score of 35 is higher than the scores of 42% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the France travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Balma belongs to Occitanie (France), centered at coordinates 43.6111° N, 1.4994° E (160 m above sea level). Distance to Paris is 586.9 km towards the N.
Occitanie
43.6111° N, 1.4994° E
160 m
Europe/Paris
17,431
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in France
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (28 °C avg high); Wettest: May (96 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 10° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 20° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 25° | 19° | 14° | 10° |
| Low °C | 3° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 15° | 11° | 7° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 73 | 50 | 79 | 85 | 96 | 73 | 52 | 43 | 74 | 68 | 73 | 63 |
Normals: Toulouse (4.5 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Balma happened in June (1 of 1 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 France travel advice & laws.
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