Is Salamína safe? Greece travel risk
Is Salamína safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Salamína scores 32/100 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.
Salamína 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 Greece (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Salamína: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (55/100) and security (33/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Greece travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Geographically located in Attikí (37.9667° N, 23.5000° E), Salamína sits 20.1 km E from Athens at 5 m elevation.
Attikí
37.9667° N, 23.5000° E
5 m
Europe/Athens
30,235
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Greece
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (34 °C avg high); Wettest: December (59 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 12° | 13° | 16° | 20° | 26° | 30° | 34° | 33° | 29° | 23° | 17° | 13° |
| Low °C | 6° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 23° | 19° | 15° | 11° | 7° |
| Rain mm | 57 | 55 | 37 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 47 | 59 |
Normals: Athens (20.1 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Salamína happened in July (3 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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