Is Appenzell safe? Switzerland travel risk
Is Appenzell safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Appenzell scores 23/100 on our travel risk index (Low). The US State Department rates Switzerland Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 14 Aug 2026); 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.
Appenzell 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 Switzerland (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Appenzell: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: health and medical access (42/100) and natural hazards (34/100).
A score of 23 is higher than the scores of 12% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 47.3306° N, 9.4086° E in Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell features an altitude of 783 m. The settlement is located 154.3 km WSW from Bern.
Appenzell Innerrhoden
47.3306° N, 9.4086° E
783 m
Europe/Zurich
5,750
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Switzerland
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (24 °C avg high); Wettest: July (263 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 4° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 17° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 21° | 16° | 9° | 3° |
| Low °C | -5° | -5° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 6° | -2° | -6° |
| Rain mm | 126 | 110 | 139 | 151 | 182 | 220 | 263 | 197 | 165 | 127 | 123 | 124 |
Normals: Landquart (44 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 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Appenzell happened in September (3 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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