Is Fribourg safe? Switzerland travel risk
Is Fribourg safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Fribourg 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.
Fribourg 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 Fribourg: 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.
Consult the Switzerland travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 46.8000° N, 7.1500° E within Fribourg, Fribourg is situated 28.0 km NE of Bern at an altitude of 610 m.
Fribourg
46.8000° N, 7.1500° E
610 m
Europe/Zurich
38,365
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 (28 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 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Fribourg happened in June (3 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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