Is Bad Homburg safe? Germany travel risk
Is Bad Homburg safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bad Homburg scores 26/100 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 Homburg scores 26/100 (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 Homburg: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (28/100).
A score of 26 is higher than the scores of 17% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Germany travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 50.2167° N, 8.6000° E place Bad Homburg within Hesse. Heading to Berlin: 420.4 km NE.
Hesse
50.2167° N, 8.6000° E
Lowland
UTC
55,995
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Germany
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (24 °C avg high); Wettest: June (67 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 4° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 21° | 15° | 8° | 4° |
| Low °C | -1° | -1° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 12° | 8° | 3° | -1° |
| Rain mm | 65 | 48 | 60 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 60 | 50 | 48 | 61 | 66 | 57 |
Normals: Frankfurt (13.2 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 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Bad Homburg happened in October (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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