Is Eger safe? Hungary travel risk
Is Eger safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Eger scores 28/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Hungary Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 15 Apr 2026); 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.
Eger 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 Hungary (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Eger: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (28/100) and health and medical access (43/100).
A score of 28 is higher than the scores of 21% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Hungary travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 47.8989° N, 20.3747° E in Heves, Eger maintains a regional distance of 109.3 km WSW to Budapest.
Heves
47.8989° N, 20.3747° E
168 m
Europe/Budapest
49,499
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Hungary
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (26 °C avg high); Wettest: June (112 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 3° | 4° | 10° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 22° | 16° | 7° | 2° |
| Low °C | -3° | -3° | 1° | 6° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 17° | 13° | 8° | 1° | -3° |
| Rain mm | 40 | 37 | 52 | 78 | 106 | 112 | 89 | 65 | 53 | 58 | 55 | 43 |
Normals: Eger (0 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Eger happened in January, June and July (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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