Is Châteauneuf-les-Martigues safe? France travel risk
Is Châteauneuf-les-Martigues safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Châteauneuf-les-Martigues scores 32/100 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.
Châteauneuf-les-Martigues scores 32/100 (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 Châteauneuf-les-Martigues: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (44/100) and natural hazards (28/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Found at 43.3838° N, 5.1650° E within Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Châteauneuf-les-Martigues is situated 645.9 km NNW of Paris at an altitude of 37 m.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
43.3838° N, 5.1650° E
37 m
Europe/Paris
18,364
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in France
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (28 °C avg high); Wettest: October (85 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 11° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 21° | 25° | 28° | 28° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 12° |
| Low °C | 5° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 14° | 9° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 50 | 47 | 60 | 67 | 53 | 32 | 10 | 16 | 64 | 85 | 74 | 55 |
Normals: Marseille (19.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Châteauneuf-les-Martigues happened in July (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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