Is Ayvacık safe? Turkey travel risk
Is Ayvacık safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ayvacık scores 47/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). 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.
Ayvacık scores 47/100 (Moderate). 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 Ayvacık: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: security (65/100) and crime and scams (35/100).
A score of 47 is higher than the scores of 62% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Turkey travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 41.0036° N, 36.6319° E within Samsun, Ayvacık is situated 341.4 km WSW of Ankara at an altitude of 66 m.
Samsun
41.0036° N, 36.6319° E
66 m
Europe/Istanbul
18,928
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Turkey)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (27 °C avg high); Wettest: December (105 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 9° | 9° | 13° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 27° | 27° | 23° | 20° | 15° | 10° |
| Low °C | 3° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 20° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 74 | 74 | 88 | 98 | 89 | 81 | 19 | 24 | 54 | 83 | 103 | 105 |
Normals: Samsun (40.5 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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