Is Elbląg safe? Poland travel risk
Is Elbląg safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Elbląg scores 25/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). 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.
Elbląg scores 25/100 (Moderate). 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 Elbląg: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: health and medical access (43/100) and security (25/100).
A score of 25 is higher than the scores of 15% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Poland travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 54.1667° N, 19.4000° E place Elbląg within Warmińsko-Mazurskie at an elevation of 8 meters. Heading to Warsaw: 240.6 km SSE.
Warmińsko-Mazurskie
54.1667° N, 19.4000° E
8 m
Europe/Warsaw
115,220
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
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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 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Elbląg happened in July (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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