Is Ås safe? Norway travel risk
Is Ås safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ås scores 17/100 on our travel risk index (Low). The US State Department rates Norway Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 6 Jul 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ås scores 17/100 (Low). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Norway (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ås: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (15/100) and health and medical access (24/100).
A score of 17 is higher than the scores of 4% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Norway travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Found at 59.6667° N, 10.8000° E within Viken, Ås is situated 27.6 km N of Oslo at an altitude of 98 m.
Viken
59.6667° N, 10.8000° E
98 m
Europe/Oslo
20,652
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Norway
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (21 °C avg high); Wettest: July (120 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | -3° | -1° | 3° | 9° | 16° | 20° | 21° | 20° | 17° | 10° | 2° | -1° |
| Low °C | -8° | -7° | -3° | 1° | 6° | 11° | 14° | 13° | 10° | 5° | -2° | -6° |
| Rain mm | 67 | 48 | 65 | 59 | 77 | 78 | 120 | 99 | 83 | 93 | 80 | 69 |
Normals: Oslo (27.6 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 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ås happened in October (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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