Is Bourgoin-Jallieu safe? France travel risk
Is Bourgoin-Jallieu safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bourgoin-Jallieu scores 38/100 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.
Bourgoin-Jallieu scores 38/100 (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 Bourgoin-Jallieu: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (44/100) and natural hazards (44/100).
A score of 38 is higher than the scores of 47% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the France travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 45.5861° N, 5.2736° E in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgoin-Jallieu maintains a regional distance of 425.3 km NNW to Paris.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
45.5861° N, 5.2736° E
Lowland
UTC
29,816
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in France
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (27 °C avg high); Wettest: May (105 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 7° | 8° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 23° | 17° | 11° | 7° |
| Low °C | 1° | 0° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 16° | 16° | 14° | 9° | 4° | 1° |
| Rain mm | 74 | 53 | 80 | 94 | 105 | 94 | 80 | 66 | 85 | 90 | 94 | 77 |
Normals: Lyon (39.4 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 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Bourgoin-Jallieu happened in June and November (4 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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