Is Gölbaşı safe? Turkey travel risk
Is Gölbaşı safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Gölbaşı scores 48/100 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.
Gölbaşı scores 48/100 (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 Gölbaşı: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (65/100) and natural hazards (42/100).
A score of 48 is higher than the scores of 63% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Situated in Ankara at 39.7953° N, 32.8028° E (elevation 990 m), Gölbaşı lies 15.5 km NNE of Ankara. Time zone: Europe/Istanbul.
Ankara
39.7953° N, 32.8028° E
990 m
Europe/Istanbul
150,047
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Turkey)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (32 °C avg high); Wettest: December (66 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 7° | 12° | 17° | 23° | 27° | 32° | 32° | 27° | 21° | 13° | 7° |
| Low °C | -2° | -2° | 2° | 6° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 18° | 14° | 9° | 4° | -1° |
| Rain mm | 56 | 55 | 46 | 52 | 41 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 49 | 66 |
Normals: Ankara (15.5 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Gölbaşı happened in June (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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