Is Buftea safe? Romania travel risk
Is Buftea safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Buftea scores 30/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Romania Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 14 Oct 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.
Buftea scores 30/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Romania (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Buftea: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (41/100).
A score of 30 is higher than the scores of 32% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Romania travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Situated in Ilfov at 44.5700° N, 25.9500° E (elevation 107 m), Buftea lies 20.0 km SE of Bucharest. Time zone: Europe/Bucharest.
Ilfov
44.5700° N, 25.9500° E
107 m
Europe/Bucharest
20,577
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Romania)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (30 °C avg high); Wettest: June (98 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 4° | 6° | 12° | 17° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 30° | 24° | 18° | 10° | 4° |
| Low °C | -4° | -3° | 2° | 6° | 12° | 15° | 19° | 19° | 14° | 8° | 2° | -3° |
| Rain mm | 43 | 42 | 50 | 61 | 87 | 98 | 46 | 39 | 48 | 45 | 48 | 49 |
Normals: Bucharest (20 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 | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Buftea happened in June (4 of 8 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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