Is Altamura safe? Italy travel risk
Is Altamura safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Altamura scores 31/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Italy Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 10 Sep 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. GDACS lists 1 minor (green) event within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Altamura scores 31/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Italy (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Altamura: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (48/100).
A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 40.8167° N, 16.5500° E in Puglia, Altamura maintains a regional distance of 359.2 km WNW to Rome.
Puglia
40.8167° N, 16.5500° E
467 m
Europe/Rome
69,880
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Italy
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (28 °C avg high); Wettest: February (69 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 12° | 12° | 15° | 17° | 21° | 25° | 28° | 28° | 26° | 21° | 17° | 13° |
| Low °C | 8° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 23° | 20° | 16° | 12° | 9° |
| Rain mm | 59 | 69 | 56 | 45 | 39 | 27 | 15 | 23 | 40 | 58 | 68 | 68 |
Normals: Bari (43.4 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 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Altamura happened in May and October (4 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
1 major seismic event recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.5 on 31 Oct 2022 (130 km away) — USGS details
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