Is Biel/Bienne safe? Switzerland travel risk
Is Biel/Bienne safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Biel/Bienne 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.
Biel/Bienne 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 Biel/Bienne: 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 (33/100).
A score of 23 is higher than the scores of 12% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 47.1372° N, 7.2472° E in Bern, Biel/Bienne features an altitude of 434 m. The settlement is located 25.9 km SE from Bern.
Bern
47.1372° N, 7.2472° E
434 m
Europe/Zurich
55,159
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Switzerland
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (22 °C avg high); Wettest: May (130 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 4° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 19° | 14° | 8° | 3° |
| Low °C | -3° | -4° | -1° | 3° | 7° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 6° | 1° | -4° |
| Rain mm | 91 | 64 | 101 | 99 | 130 | 120 | 109 | 86 | 86 | 89 | 96 | 80 |
Normals: Bern (25.9 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 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Biel/Bienne happened in August and September (4 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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