Is Be’er Ya‘aqov safe? Israel travel risk
Is Be’er Ya‘aqov safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Be’er Ya‘aqov scores 59/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Israel Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 26 Aug 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 22 Jul 2026); Canada says: avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Be’er Ya‘aqov scores 59/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Israel (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Be’er Ya‘aqov: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (87/100) and natural hazards (46/100).
A score of 59 is higher than the scores of 84% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 31.9436° N, 34.8392° E place Be’er Ya‘aqov within Central at an elevation of 74 meters. Heading to Jerusalem: 40.8 km ESE.
Central
31.9436° N, 34.8392° E
74 m
Asia/Jerusalem
29,852
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Israel)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (33 °C avg high); Wettest: January (66 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 13° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 28° | 30° | 32° | 33° | 30° | 26° | 20° | 14° |
| Low °C | 5° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 15° | 11° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 66 | 56 | 42 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 45 | 60 |
Normals: Jerusalem (40.8 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 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Be’er Ya‘aqov happened in November (5 of 12 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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