Is Ferney-Voltaire safe? France travel risk
Is Ferney-Voltaire safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ferney-Voltaire 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.
Ferney-Voltaire 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 Ferney-Voltaire: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (44/100) and natural hazards (41/100).
A score of 35 is higher than the scores of 42% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 46.2558° N, 6.1081° E in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Ferney-Voltaire features an altitude of 425 m. The settlement is located 403.7 km NW from Paris.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
46.2558° N, 6.1081° E
425 m
Europe/Paris
11,530
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in France
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (24 °C avg high); Wettest: May (150 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 5° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 21° | 16° | 10° | 5° |
| Low °C | -2° | -2° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 13° | 8° | 2° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 134 | 82 | 131 | 134 | 150 | 143 | 137 | 100 | 110 | 120 | 138 | 110 |
Normals: Geneva (6.7 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 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ferney-Voltaire happened in November (2 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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