Is Castellana Grotte safe? Italy travel risk
Is Castellana Grotte safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Castellana Grotte 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.
Castellana Grotte 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 Castellana Grotte: 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
Situated in Puglia at 40.8838° N, 17.1679° E, Castellana Grotte lies 405.8 km WNW of Rome. Time zone: UTC.
Puglia
40.8838° N, 17.1679° E
Lowland
UTC
19,505
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 (36.9 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 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Castellana Grotte happened in January, May and October (6 of 8 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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