Is Saint-Denis safe? France travel risk
Is Saint-Denis safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Saint-Denis scores 33/100 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.
Saint-Denis scores 33/100 (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 Saint-Denis: 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 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Found at 48.9356° N, 2.3539° E within Île-de-France, Saint-Denis is situated 8.8 km S of Paris at an altitude of 34 m.
Île-de-France
48.9356° N, 2.3539° E
34 m
Europe/Paris
115,237
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in France
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (24 °C avg high); Wettest: June (69 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 7° | 8° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 16° | 11° | 7° |
| Low °C | 2° | 1° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 13° | 9° | 5° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 65 | 45 | 60 | 58 | 67 | 69 | 55 | 42 | 50 | 63 | 68 | 54 |
Normals: Paris (8.8 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 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Saint-Denis happened in January and August (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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