Is Jena safe? Germany travel risk
Is Jena safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Jena scores 31/100 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.
Jena scores 31/100 (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 Jena: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (43/100).
A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Germany travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Situated in Thuringia at 50.9272° N, 11.5861° E (elevation 149 m), Jena lies 216.9 km NE of Berlin. Time zone: Europe/Berlin.
Thuringia
50.9272° N, 11.5861° E
149 m
Europe/Berlin
110,791
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Germany
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (23 °C avg high); Wettest: June (81 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 4° | 4° | 9° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 20° | 14° | 7° | 3° |
| Low °C | -1° | -2° | 1° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 12° | 8° | 2° | -1° |
| Rain mm | 56 | 45 | 58 | 57 | 76 | 81 | 72 | 61 | 57 | 54 | 54 | 55 |
Normals: Gera (35.2 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 | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Jena happened in September and December (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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