Is Kočevje safe? Slovenia travel risk
Is Kočevje safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kočevje scores 25/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Slovenia Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 15 May 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. GDACS lists 1 minor (green) event within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Kočevje 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 Slovenia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Kočevje: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (48/100) and security (19/100).
A score of 25 is higher than the scores of 15% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Kočevje belongs to Kočevje (Slovenia), centered at coordinates 45.6430° N, 14.8594° E (473 m above sea level). Distance to Ljubljana is 53.0 km towards the NNW.
Kočevje
45.6430° N, 14.8594° E
473 m
Europe/Ljubljana
8,151
Emergency & Aviation Access
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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 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kočevje happened in September (5 of 18 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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