Is Göttingen safe? Germany travel risk
Is Göttingen safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Göttingen 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.
Göttingen 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 Göttingen: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Situated in Lower Saxony at 51.5339° N, 9.9356° E (elevation 153 m), Göttingen lies 261.4 km ENE of Berlin. Time zone: Europe/Berlin.
Lower Saxony
51.5339° N, 9.9356° E
153 m
Europe/Berlin
120,261
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Göttingen happened in May, June, July, August and December (5 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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