Is Donostia safe? Spain travel risk
Is Donostia safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Donostia scores 28/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Spain Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 1 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Donostia scores 28/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Spain (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Donostia: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (40/100).
A score of 28 is higher than the scores of 21% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Spain travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Donostia belongs to Basque Country (Spain), centered at coordinates 43.3214° N, 1.9856° W. Distance to Madrid is 352.9 km towards the SSW.
Basque Country
43.3214° N, 1.9856° W
Lowland
UTC
189,093
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Spain
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (25 °C avg high); Wettest: November (153 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 11° | 11° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 25° | 23° | 19° | 14° | 11° |
| Low °C | 6° | 5° | 8° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 149 | 90 | 137 | 114 | 99 | 74 | 61 | 45 | 89 | 128 | 153 | 130 |
Normals: Biarritz (38.6 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 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Donostia happened in February, April, May and December (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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