Is Bydgoszcz safe? Poland travel risk
Is Bydgoszcz safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bydgoszcz scores 21/100 on our travel risk index (Low). The US State Department rates Poland Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 5 Jun 2025); 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.
Bydgoszcz 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 Poland (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bydgoszcz: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (25/100) and natural hazards (30/100).
A score of 21 is higher than the scores of 9% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Situated in Kujawsko-Pomorskie at 53.1219° N, 18.0003° E (elevation 37 m), Bydgoszcz lies 225.9 km ESE of Warsaw. Time zone: Europe/Warsaw.
Kujawsko-Pomorskie
53.1219° N, 18.0003° E
37 m
Europe/Warsaw
337,666
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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 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Bydgoszcz happened in September (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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