Is Enschede safe? Netherlands travel risk
Is Enschede safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Enschede scores 32/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Netherlands Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 18 Aug 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.
Enschede scores 32/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Netherlands (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Enschede: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (41/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Netherlands travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
In the Overijssel territory, Enschede is established at 52.2225° N, 6.8925° E. It lies 136.2 km W relative to Amsterdam. Time zone observed: Europe/Amsterdam.
Overijssel
52.2225° N, 6.8925° E
45 m
Europe/Amsterdam
159,732
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: August (22 °C avg high); Wettest: July (79 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 5° | 6° | 9° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 14° | 8° | 5° |
| Low °C | 1° | -0° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 8° | 4° | 1° |
| Rain mm | 79 | 60 | 65 | 57 | 67 | 77 | 79 | 72 | 59 | 69 | 70 | 70 |
Normals: Ahaus (18.8 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 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Enschede happened in May and September (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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