Is Matca safe? Romania travel risk
Is Matca safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Matca scores 32/100 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.
Matca scores 32/100 (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 Matca: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (49/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Romania travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 45.8500° N, 27.5333° E place Matca within Galaţi at an elevation of 58 meters. Heading to Bucharest: 194.0 km SW.
Galaţi
45.8500° N, 27.5333° E
58 m
Europe/Bucharest
11,535
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Romania)
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Matca happened in April and June (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Romania travel advice & laws.
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