Is Erlangen safe? Germany travel risk
Is Erlangen safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Erlangen 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.
Erlangen 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 Erlangen: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
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.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 49.5833° N, 11.0167° E in Bavaria, Erlangen maintains a regional distance of 366.7 km NNE to Berlin.
Bavaria
49.5833° N, 11.0167° E
290 m
Europe/Berlin
117,806
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Germany
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (24 °C avg high); Wettest: June (88 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 3° | 5° | 9° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 20° | 14° | 7° | 3° |
| Low °C | -2° | -3° | 1° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 11° | 7° | 2° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 70 | 53 | 68 | 62 | 75 | 88 | 77 | 64 | 59 | 60 | 66 | 64 |
Normals: Nuremberg (15 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 Erlangen happened in March (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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