Is Kielce safe? Poland travel risk
Is Kielce safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kielce 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.
Kielce 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 Kielce: 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
Found at 50.8742° N, 20.6333° E within Świętokrzyskie, Kielce is situated 153.0 km N of Warsaw at an altitude of 267 m.
Świętokrzyskie
50.8742° N, 20.6333° E
267 m
Europe/Warsaw
186,894
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Poland
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 Kielce happened in July (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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