Is Jisr ez Zarqā safe? Israel travel risk
Is Jisr ez Zarqā safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Jisr ez Zarqā scores 56/100 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.
Jisr ez Zarqā scores 56/100 (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 Jisr ez Zarqā: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (82/100) and natural hazards (44/100).
A score of 56 is higher than the scores of 80% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 32.5381° N, 34.9122° E in Haifa, Jisr ez Zarqā features an altitude of 28 m. The settlement is located 89.4 km SSE from Jerusalem.
Haifa
32.5381° N, 34.9122° E
28 m
Asia/Jerusalem
14,930
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Israel
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (31 °C avg high); Wettest: January (121 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 17° | 17° | 19° | 22° | 26° | 28° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 27° | 23° | 18° |
| Low °C | 11° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 19° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 21° | 17° | 13° |
| Rain mm | 121 | 97 | 62 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 72 | 112 |
Normals: Haifa (32.3 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Jisr ez Zarqā happened in November and December (6 of 10 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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