Is Rijswijk safe? Netherlands travel risk
Is Rijswijk safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Rijswijk 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.
Rijswijk 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 Rijswijk: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (45/100).
A score of 32 is higher than 19% of the cities we score.
Consult the Netherlands travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 52.0456° N, 4.3300° E within Zuid-Holland, Rijswijk is situated 53.0 km NE of Amsterdam at an altitude of 1 m.
Zuid-Holland
52.0456° N, 4.3300° E
1 m
Europe/Amsterdam
55,220
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Netherlands)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (21 °C avg high); Wettest: July (77 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 15° | 9° | 7° |
| Low °C | 2° | 1° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 9° | 5° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 68 | 52 | 59 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 72 | 60 | 72 | 75 | 64 |
Normals: Rotterdam (16.9 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Rijswijk happened in August (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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