Is Aliağa safe? Turkey travel risk
Is Aliağa safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Aliağa scores 50/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Turkey Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 9 Jun 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country (updated 15 Oct 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Aliağa scores 50/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Turkey (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Aliağa: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (65/100) and natural hazards (58/100).
A score of 50 is higher than the scores of 67% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Found at 38.8008° N, 26.9728° E within İzmir, Aliağa is situated 520.5 km ENE of Ankara at an altitude of 24 m.
İzmir
38.8008° N, 26.9728° E
24 m
Europe/Istanbul
104,828
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Turkey
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (36 °C avg high); Wettest: December (146 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 12° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 27° | 31° | 36° | 36° | 31° | 24° | 17° | 13° |
| Low °C | 4° | 4° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 23° | 23° | 18° | 14° | 9° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 129 | 115 | 82 | 65 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 117 | 146 |
Normals: İzmir (44.8 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 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Aliağa happened in June and July (4 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
2 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.1 on 10 Aug 2025 (110 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M6.0 on 27 Oct 2025 (118 km away) — USGS details
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