Is Zabrze safe? Poland travel risk
Is Zabrze safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Zabrze scores 23/100 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.
Zabrze scores 23/100 (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 Zabrze: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (25/100) and natural hazards (39/100).
A score of 23 is higher than the scores of 12% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Poland travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 50.3025° N, 18.7781° E in Śląskie, Zabrze features an altitude of 258 m. The settlement is located 264.7 km NE from Warsaw.
Śląskie
50.3025° N, 18.7781° E
258 m
Europe/Warsaw
158,307
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Poland
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (23 °C avg high); Wettest: July (104 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 1° | 2° | 8° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 20° | 14° | 6° | 1° |
| Low °C | -4° | -5° | -1° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 11° | 7° | 1° | -4° |
| Rain mm | 48 | 44 | 49 | 70 | 85 | 97 | 104 | 74 | 57 | 53 | 55 | 52 |
Normals: Katowice (17.9 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 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Zabrze happened in June (3 of 9 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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