Is Drammen safe? Norway travel risk
Is Drammen safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Drammen scores 18/100 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.
Drammen scores 18/100 (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 Drammen: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: health and medical access (27/100) and security (15/100).
A score of 18 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.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Situated in Viken at 59.7439° N, 10.2045° E (elevation 11 m), Drammen lies 35.3 km ENE of Oslo. Time zone: Europe/Oslo.
Viken
59.7439° N, 10.2045° E
11 m
Europe/Oslo
109,416
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Norway
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (20 °C avg high); Wettest: July (103 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | -2° | -0° | 4° | 9° | 15° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 16° | 10° | 3° | -0° |
| Low °C | -6° | -6° | -3° | 1° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 5° | -1° | -4° |
| Rain mm | 70 | 51 | 67 | 58 | 68 | 63 | 103 | 88 | 79 | 92 | 81 | 69 |
Normals: Borre (42.3 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 Drammen happened in October (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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