Is Brest safe? France travel risk
Is Brest safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Brest 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.
Brest 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 Brest: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 48.3900° N, 4.4900° W in Bretagne, Brest maintains a regional distance of 505.4 km E to Paris.
Bretagne
48.3900° N, 4.4900° W
49 m
Europe/Paris
140,993
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (France)
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 Brest happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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