Is Vichy safe? France travel risk
Is Vichy safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Vichy scores 31/100 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.
Vichy scores 31/100 (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 Vichy: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: security (44/100) and natural hazards (28/100).
A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the France travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 46.1278° N, 3.4267° E within Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Vichy is situated 314.0 km NNW of Paris at an altitude of 266 m.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
46.1278° N, 3.4267° E
266 m
Europe/Paris
25,702
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 Vichy happened in June (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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