Is Donegal safe? Ireland travel risk
Is Donegal safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Donegal scores 19/100 on our travel risk index (Low). The US State Department rates Ireland Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 20 Mar 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.
Donegal scores 19/100 (Low). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Ireland (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Donegal: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (23/100) and natural hazards (27/100).
A score of 19 is higher than the scores of 5% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Ireland travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Donegal belongs to Donegal (Ireland), centered at coordinates 54.6500° N, 8.1170° W (9 m above sea level). Distance to Dublin is 188.8 km towards the SE.
Donegal
54.6500° N, 8.1170° W
9 m
Europe/Dublin
2,618
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Ireland)
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 Donegal happened in July, September and November (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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