Is Tours safe? France travel risk
Is Tours safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Tours 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.
Tours 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 Tours: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (44/100) and health and medical access (43/100).
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.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 47.3936° N, 0.6892° E in Centre-Val de Loire, Tours features an altitude of 52 m. The settlement is located 204.2 km NE from Paris.
Centre-Val de Loire
47.3936° N, 0.6892° E
52 m
Europe/Paris
138,668
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in France
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Tours happened in April (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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