Is Gdynia safe? Poland travel risk
Is Gdynia safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Gdynia scores 20/100 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.
Gdynia scores 20/100 (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 Gdynia: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (25/100) and natural hazards (22/100).
A score of 20 is higher than the scores of 7% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Poland travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Gdynia belongs to Pomorskie (Poland), centered at coordinates 54.5175° N, 18.5400° E (14 m above sea level). Distance to Warsaw is 302.6 km towards the SE.
Pomorskie
54.5175° N, 18.5400° E
14 m
Europe/Warsaw
245,222
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Poland
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (22 °C avg high); Wettest: July (80 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 2° | 2° | 6° | 12° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 19° | 13° | 6° | 2° |
| Low °C | -2° | -3° | -1° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 8° | 2° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 39 | 35 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 72 | 80 | 71 | 50 | 50 | 43 | 38 |
Normals: Gdańsk (20.1 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 Gdynia happened in July (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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