Is Siracusa safe? Italy travel risk
Is Siracusa safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Siracusa scores 34/100 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.
Siracusa scores 34/100 (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 Siracusa: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (53/100).
A score of 34 is higher than the scores of 39% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Italy travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 37.0692° N, 15.2875° E within Sicilia, Siracusa is situated 588.3 km NNW of Rome at an altitude of 17 m.
Sicilia
37.0692° N, 15.2875° E
17 m
Europe/Rome
116,244
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Italy)
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 | 1 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Volcanoes | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most volcanic activity events within 100 km of Siracusa happened in June and July (4 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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