Is Bad Berleburg safe? Germany travel risk
Is Bad Berleburg safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bad Berleburg scores 28/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Germany Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 13 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.
Bad Berleburg scores 28/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Germany (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bad Berleburg: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (39/100).
A score of 28 is higher than the scores of 21% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Germany travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
In the North Rhine-Westphalia territory, Bad Berleburg is established at 51.0497° N, 8.4000° E. It lies 381.0 km ENE relative to Berlin. Time zone observed: Europe/Berlin.
North Rhine-Westphalia
51.0497° N, 8.4000° E
420 m
Europe/Berlin
18,833
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Germany
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (21 °C avg high); Wettest: January (118 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 3° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 13° | 6° | 3° |
| Low °C | -2° | -3° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 7° | 2° | -1° |
| Rain mm | 118 | 90 | 94 | 85 | 102 | 111 | 111 | 89 | 80 | 99 | 100 | 102 |
Normals: Siegen (32.6 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 Bad Berleburg happened in May (2 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Germany travel advice & laws.
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