Is Kálymnos safe? Greece travel risk
Is Kálymnos safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kálymnos scores 29/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Greece Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 23 Oct 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kálymnos scores 29/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Greece (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kálymnos: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (33/100) and natural hazards (47/100).
A score of 29 is higher than the scores of 26% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Greece travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 36.9900° N, 26.9850° E in Nótio Aigaío, Kálymnos maintains a regional distance of 307.9 km WNW to Athens.
Nótio Aigaío
36.9900° N, 26.9850° E
2 m
Europe/Athens
9,683
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Greece)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (30 °C avg high); Wettest: December (197 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 14° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 30° | 27° | 23° | 18° | 14° |
| Low °C | 10° | 10° | 12° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 25° | 22° | 18° | 15° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 170 | 135 | 83 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 132 | 197 |
Normals: Bodrum (39.4 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 | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kálymnos happened in January, November and December (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
2 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.8 on 2 Jun 2025 (111 km away) — USGS details
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