Is Sandefjord safe? Norway travel risk
Is Sandefjord safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Sandefjord scores 21/100 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.
Sandefjord scores 21/100 (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 Sandefjord: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: health and medical access (41/100) and security (15/100).
A score of 21 is higher than the scores of 9% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Norway travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 59.1288° N, 10.2197° E within Vestfold og Telemark, Sandefjord is situated 92.0 km NNE of Oslo at an altitude of 11 m.
Vestfold og Telemark
59.1288° N, 10.2197° E
11 m
Europe/Oslo
66,231
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities 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 (30.8 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 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Sandefjord happened in October (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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