Is Sandvika safe? Norway travel risk
Is Sandvika safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Sandvika scores 15/100 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.
Sandvika scores 15/100 (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 Sandvika: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (15/100) and natural hazards (22/100).
A score of 15 is higher than the scores of 2% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Norway travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 59.8900° N, 10.5264° E within Viken, Sandvika is situated 12.1 km ENE of Oslo at an altitude of 13 m.
Viken
59.8900° N, 10.5264° E
13 m
Europe/Oslo
115,543
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 (12.1 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 Sandvika happened in October (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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