Is Szentendre safe? Hungary travel risk
Is Szentendre safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Szentendre scores 24/100 on our travel risk index (Low). 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.
Szentendre scores 24/100 (Low). 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 Szentendre: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (28/100) and natural hazards (33/100).
A score of 24 is higher than the scores of 12% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Hungary travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 47.6733° N, 19.0725° E within Pest, Szentendre is situated 19.6 km S of Budapest at an altitude of 119 m.
Pest
47.6733° N, 19.0725° E
119 m
Europe/Budapest
28,444
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Hungary
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (27 °C avg high); Wettest: May (79 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 3° | 5° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 27° | 27° | 23° | 17° | 8° | 3° |
| Low °C | -3° | -2° | 2° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 17° | 17° | 13° | 8° | 2° | -3° |
| Rain mm | 43 | 36 | 49 | 61 | 79 | 73 | 57 | 50 | 46 | 48 | 55 | 45 |
Normals: Budapest (19.6 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 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Szentendre happened in August (2 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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