Is Fès safe? Morocco travel risk
Is Fès safe right now? Checked 8 October 2026
Fès scores 46/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Morocco Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 4 Sep 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Fès scores 46/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Morocco (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Fès: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (55/100) and health and medical access (63/100).
A score of 46 is higher than the scores of 60% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Morocco travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
In the Fès-Meknès territory, Fès is established at 34.0433° N, 5.0033° W. It lies 169.4 km W relative to Rabat. Time zone observed: Africa/Casablanca.
Fès-Meknès
34.0433° N, 5.0033° W
406 m
Africa/Casablanca
1,112,072
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: August (36 °C avg high); Wettest: November (78 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 16° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 25° | 31° | 36° | 36° | 31° | 26° | 20° | 16° |
| Low °C | 5° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 21° | 19° | 14° | 9° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 73 | 73 | 76 | 55 | 55 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 78 | 70 |
Normals: Fès (0 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 | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Fès happened in February and October (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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