Is Cahors safe? France travel risk
Is Cahors safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Cahors 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.
Cahors 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 Cahors: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
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.
Territorial & Position Context
Cahors belongs to Occitanie (France), centered at coordinates 44.4483° N, 1.4414° E (142 m above sea level). Distance to Paris is 495.1 km towards the N.
Occitanie
44.4483° N, 1.4414° E
142 m
Europe/Paris
19,902
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in 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 Cahors happened in May (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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