Is Kefar Sava safe? Israel travel risk
Is Kefar Sava safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kefar Sava scores 58/100 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.
Kefar Sava scores 58/100 (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 Kefar Sava: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (85/100) and natural hazards (47/100).
A score of 58 is higher than the scores of 83% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 32.1858° N, 34.9077° E in Central. The settlement is located 54.3 km SE from Jerusalem.
Central
32.1858° N, 34.9077° E
Lowland
UTC
100,800
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Israel
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kefar Sava happened in November (6 of 13 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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