Is Chambéry safe? France travel risk
Is Chambéry safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Chambéry scores 36/100 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.
Chambéry scores 36/100 (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 Chambéry: 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 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 45.5700° N, 5.9118° E in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Chambéry maintains a regional distance of 453.6 km NW to Paris.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
45.5700° N, 5.9118° E
279 m
Europe/Paris
60,251
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (France)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (24 °C avg high); Wettest: May (170 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 5° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 21° | 16° | 9° | 5° |
| Low °C | -3° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 12° | 7° | 1° | -3° |
| Rain mm | 150 | 92 | 146 | 150 | 170 | 166 | 159 | 112 | 120 | 130 | 150 | 122 |
Normals: Annecy (42.1 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 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Chambéry happened in June and November (4 of 8 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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