Is Görlitz safe? Germany travel risk
Is Görlitz safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Görlitz 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.
Görlitz 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 Görlitz: 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.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Görlitz belongs to Saxony (Germany), centered at coordinates 51.1528° N, 14.9872° E (210 m above sea level). Distance to Berlin is 186.9 km towards the NW.
Saxony
51.1528° N, 14.9872° E
210 m
Europe/Berlin
56,694
Emergency & Aviation Access
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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 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Görlitz happened in May and July (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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