Latvia

Level calmupdated 20 min ago
What governments advise19 states tracked
19 nothing to report
Mira Safe's take

No underlying concern: official advisories are at ease about this country.

0alerts in progress0 / 19states advise against travel2.5homicides / 100,000 inhab.24events over 12 months
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What are the main risks in Latvia?

Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 24 events there, including 22 severe. The most frequent: Storm, Flood, Internet outage.

Is there a government travel advisory for Latvia?

None of the 19 governments we track advises against travel to this country, and none urges extra caution.

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Latvia: current alerts and safety news

Signals from radio and news, and documented records — from civil unrest to armed conflict. A report is not an established fact: unconfirmed ones are labelled.

Civil unrest (press report) — Frontière Lettonie-BiélorussieConfirmed — Confirmed by 3 independent newsrooms

« Gun threats, migrants and illegal crossings on the Belarus-Latvia border. "The provocation was particularly aggressive" »

4 days ago · Mira Press Watch · Ended

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Last 90 days

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  • Moderate / High
  • Critical
  • N/A
July 14October 11

Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.

Is it safe to travel to Latvia?

No state advises against travel to Latvia, and nothing is running right now. What our sensors picked up over the last 12 months is weather, and only weather: 17 events, 16 of them severe. Storms and floods dominate, seven each. Two heatwaves and one thunderstorm episode complete the list. The record is thin, and it sits in summer: 14 events in August, 2 in July, 1 in June. So the picture is a warm-season one, wind and water first, heat next. Nothing points to one region rather than another; the data does not say where. On homicides, the recorded rate is 2.5 per 100,000 against a world median of 2.1. That figure covers homicide only and says nothing about theft or scams; the absence of any travel advisory is the honest read on day-to-day security.

What it changes for a nomad

For a stay of several weeks, the season is what matters. Summer is when the record fills up, and August far more than the rest. Come then and expect storms, heavy rain and a stretch of heat to interrupt a day rather than a month. Coworking and connectivity take the hit when wind brings power down; a laptop charged in the morning covers most of that. Flooding is the one to respect: it carries the higher stakes here, even though storms are just as frequent. A ground-floor flat near water deserves a second look before you sign. Outside summer, almost nothing was recorded, which may mean calm or simply that our sensors saw little. Plan around the weather, not around a security problem: there is no advisory to work around.

Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 23, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →

1 earlier analysis

  1. August 21, 2026

    Latvia records weather-related hazards primarily in summer and early autumn. Floods are the most frequent, with 7 events over the last 12 months and significant stakes for people in affected areas. Storms and heatwaves are also regular, and a severe thunderstorm occurred as well. Over the last 12 months, 14 of 15 events were rated severe. No armed conflict or political restrictions affect travel. Your personal safety from homicide is slightly above the global median at 2.5 per 100,000 people.

To watch as a rule

  • Storms and heavy rain from June to August, the only months our record covers.
  • Flooding after long rain, the hazard with the highest stakes here.
  • Short heat episodes in summer.
  • August, which alone accounts for 14 of the 17 events recorded.

Good reflexes

  • Check the national weather warnings the evening before a travel day.
  • Charge your phone and laptop when a storm is announced; outages follow the wind.
  • Before renting, ask whether the street or the ground floor has ever taken water.
  • During a heat spell, shift your working hours to the morning.
  • Keep offline maps on your phone in case the network drops.

Latvia: travel advisories and areas to avoid

What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.

None of the 19 countries surveyed advises against this country — all clear.

    Latvia: quality of life and safety in figures

    Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay — not what is happening today.

    Favourable vs the world median

    • Air quality (PM2.5): 13 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
    • Safely managed drinking water: 97 % of the population (median 80.5)
    • Road deaths: 8.1 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
    • Physicians: 3.4 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
    • Hospital beds: 5 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
    • New displacements, disasters: 0.01 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)

    Watch out vs the world median

    • Homicides: 2.5 per 100,000 people (median 2.3)
    Air quality (PM2.5)
    13µg/m³ · 2023

    Below the world median (17.3) · lower is better

    WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³

    Safely managed drinking water
    97% of the population · 2024

    Above the world median (80.5) · higher is better

    Road deaths
    8.1per 100,000 people · 2019

    Below the world median (15.2) · lower is better

    Physicians
    3.4per 1,000 people · 2022

    Above the world median (1.7) · higher is better

    Hospital beds
    5per 1,000 people · 2023

    Above the world median (2.4) · higher is better

    Life expectancy at birth
    76.4years · 2024

    Close to the world median (74.7) · higher is better

    New displacements, disasters
    0.01per 1,000 people · 2022

    Below the world median (0.73) · lower is better

    27 people in total

    Refugees hosted
    17.6per 1,000 people · 2025

    32,454 people in total

    487 asylum seekers

    People living in internal displacement
    0people · 2025

    Security and violence

    Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026

    2.6/10 — low

    Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.

    2.5homicides per 100,000 people (2023)

    Close to the world median (2.3).

    Source: UNODC, via the World Bank (CC BY 4.0)

    Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams — no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.

    National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · UNHCR

    Latvia: natural disasters and risks in figures

    Last 30 days · 7 events

    Eventsof which severe
    • Storm55 5 severe
    • Internet outage11 1 severe
    • Civil unrest1

    Last 12 months · 24 events

    Eventsof which severe
    • Storm1111 11 severe
    • Flood76 6 severe
    • Internet outage22 2 severe
    • Heatwave22 2 severe
    • Travel advisory11 1 severe
    • Civil unrest1

    By month

    Eventsof which severe
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