Is Cottbus safe? Germany travel risk
Is Cottbus safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Cottbus scores 32/100 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.
Cottbus scores 32/100 (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 Cottbus: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (43/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% 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 51.7606° N, 14.3342° E place Cottbus within Brandenburg at an elevation of 80 meters. Heading to Berlin: 105.6 km NW.
Brandenburg
51.7606° N, 14.3342° E
80 m
Europe/Berlin
100,010
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Germany
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Cottbus happened in July (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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