Is Istres safe? France travel risk
Is Istres safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Istres scores 34/100 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.
Istres scores 34/100 (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 Istres: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (44/100) and natural hazards (32/100).
A score of 34 is higher than the scores of 39% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the France travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Coordinates 43.5151° N, 4.9895° E place Istres within Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at an elevation of 14 meters. Heading to Paris: 627.6 km NNW.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
43.5151° N, 4.9895° E
14 m
Europe/Paris
44,044
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements 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 (39.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Istres happened in October (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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