Is Vechta safe? Germany travel risk
Is Vechta safe right now? Checked 23 October 2026
Vechta 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.
Vechta 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 Vechta: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (37/100).
A score of 28 is higher than 8% of the cities we score.
Consult the Germany travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 52.7306° N, 8.2886° E in Lower Saxony, Vechta features an altitude of 35 m. The settlement is located 346.1 km E from Berlin.
Lower Saxony
52.7306° N, 8.2886° E
35 m
Europe/Berlin
34,145
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Germany
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (22 °C avg high); Wettest: July (82 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 4° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 14° | 8° | 5° |
| Low °C | 0° | -1° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 8° | 3° | 1° |
| Rain mm | 75 | 59 | 64 | 58 | 69 | 80 | 82 | 73 | 57 | 68 | 65 | 70 |
Normals: Belm (49 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 Vechta happened in September and December (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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