Is Pistoia safe? Italy travel risk
Is Pistoia safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Pistoia 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. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Pistoia 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 Pistoia: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (47/100).
A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Italy travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 43.9333° N, 10.9167° E place Pistoia within Tuscany at an elevation of 67 meters. Heading to Rome: 259.8 km SSE.
Tuscany
43.9333° N, 10.9167° E
67 m
Europe/Rome
89,309
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Italy
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (30 °C avg high); Wettest: November (126 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 9° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 30° | 26° | 20° | 13° | 9° |
| Low °C | 2° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 16° | 18° | 19° | 16° | 11° | 6° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 96 | 70 | 95 | 76 | 84 | 56 | 34 | 45 | 72 | 112 | 126 | 92 |
Normals: Florence (32.5 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 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Pistoia happened in December (2 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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