Is Montpellier safe? France travel risk
Is Montpellier safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Montpellier 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.
Montpellier 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 Montpellier: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (44/100) and natural hazards (39/100).
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.
Location & Spatial Data
In the Occitanie territory, Montpellier is established at 43.6119° N, 3.8772° E. It lies 594.8 km N relative to Paris. Time zone observed: Europe/Paris.
Occitanie
43.6119° N, 3.8772° E
55 m
Europe/Paris
307,101
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (France)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (31 °C avg high); Wettest: October (96 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 10° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 31° | 26° | 20° | 14° | 10° |
| Low °C | 3° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 20° | 16° | 11° | 7° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 54 | 52 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 43 | 25 | 30 | 79 | 96 | 87 | 58 |
Normals: Nîmes (46.2 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Montpellier happened in September (2 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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