Is Birsfelden safe? Switzerland travel risk
Is Birsfelden safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Birsfelden 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.
Birsfelden 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 Birsfelden: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 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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Territorial & Position Context
Birsfelden belongs to Basel-Stadt (Switzerland), centered at coordinates 47.5531° N, 7.6231° E (259 m above sea level). Distance to Bern is 68.6 km towards the S.
Basel-Stadt
47.5531° N, 7.6231° E
259 m
Europe/Zurich
10,299
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Birsfelden happened in September (2 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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