Is Castel Gandolfo safe? Italy travel risk
Is Castel Gandolfo safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Castel Gandolfo scores 28/100 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. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Castel Gandolfo scores 28/100 (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 Castel Gandolfo: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (36/100).
A score of 28 is higher than the scores of 21% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Geographically located in Lazio (41.7469° N, 12.6519° E), Castel Gandolfo sits 21.6 km NW from Rome at 426 m elevation.
Lazio
41.7469° N, 12.6519° E
426 m
Europe/Rome
8,564
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Italy
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (30 °C avg high); Wettest: October (127 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 12° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 30° | 27° | 21° | 16° | 12° |
| Low °C | 4° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 13° | 9° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 95 | 75 | 85 | 72 | 72 | 43 | 16 | 21 | 58 | 127 | 120 | 96 |
Normals: Rome (21.6 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Castel Gandolfo happened in April (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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