Montenegro

Level calmupdated 4 min ago
Open alert types
Wildfire
What governments advise19 states tracked
19 nothing to report
Mira Safe's take

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

1alerts in progress0 / 19states advise against travel0.8homicides / 100,000 inhab.61events over 12 months
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What are the main risks in Montenegro?

Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 61 events there, including 40 severe. The most frequent: Wildfire, Flood, Heatwave.

Is there a government travel advisory for Montenegro?

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

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Montenegro: current alerts and safety news

The alerts open right now, all sources combined — weather, seismic, satellite, health and state advisories.

Fire detected by satellite — Nikšić (327 hotspots)

5 days ago · NASA FIRMS

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Last 90 days

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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 Montenegro?

Montenegro records few risk events, and they cluster. Over the last 12 months we logged 9 events, 2 of them severe. Wildfires come first with 5, then floods with 2 and heat episodes with 2 — the 2 severe ones were the heat episodes. Timing tells you more than volume here. August alone holds 7 of the 9, while January and February hold 1 each. All three hazards follow a season, so that summer concentration is a pattern rather than chance. On our own 0-to-4 scale the country sits at 4, the top step, and 1 alert is live. On homicides, the recorded rate is 0.8 per 100k against a world median of 2.1. That figure covers homicides only and says nothing about theft or scams.

What it changes for a nomad

Staying for weeks, the month you pick changes most of it. Summer is when the record fills: 7 of the 9 events fall in August, and that is when fires and heat show up. Smoke can sit over a valley for days even when the fire itself is far from you. Winter is thin in the data, 1 event in January and 1 in February, with rain and flooding the season to follow then. In practice these episodes reach you as power and water cuts, closed roads, and days you cannot work outside. Line up a backup place to work with its own connection. Read the live alert before booking travel inside the country. The country sits at the top of our scale, so treat a quiet week as a quiet week, not as a guarantee.

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

    Montenegro recorded nine events over the last 12 months, with seven concentrated in August. Wildfires occurred five times, floods twice, and heatwaves twice—both heatwave events were severe. No armed conflict or official travel advisories apply. The homicide rate stands at 0.8 per 100k, well below the world median of 2.1.

To watch right now

  • 1 alert is live right now. Read it before you plan time outdoors or travel inside the country.
  • A heat episode rated 4, the top of our severity scale, is among the recent records. Heat at that level strains water and power supply, and episodes tend to come back within the same weeks.

To watch as a rule

  • Wildfires in summer, 5 over the last 12 months and the most frequent hazard here.
  • Heat episodes: only 2 were recorded, and both were severe.
  • Floods, 2 over the last 12 months, following their own season.
  • August, which alone holds 7 of the 9 events.

Good reflexes

  • Read the live alert before a long drive or a day out of town.
  • Keep water and a charged power bank at home through a heat episode.
  • If you smell smoke, shut the windows and work indoors for the day.
  • After heavy rain, ask locally whether your road is open before you set off.
  • Download an offline map of your area so a dropped network does not strand you.

Montenegro: 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.

    Montenegro: 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

    • Homicides: 0.8 per 100,000 people (median 2.3)
    • Safely managed drinking water: 85.5 % of the population (median 80.5)
    • Road deaths: 7.6 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
    • Physicians: 2.8 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
    • Hospital beds: 3.8 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
    • Life expectancy at birth: 77.9 years (median 74.7)
    • New displacements, disasters: 0 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)

    Watch out vs the world median

    • Air quality (PM2.5): 18.5 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
    Air quality (PM2.5)
    18.5µg/m³ · 2023

    Above the world median (17.3) · lower is better

    WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³

    Safely managed drinking water
    85.5% of the population · 2024

    Above the world median (80.5) · higher is better

    Road deaths
    7.6per 100,000 people · 2019

    Below the world median (15.2) · lower is better

    Physicians
    2.8per 1,000 people · 2023

    Above the world median (1.7) · higher is better

    Hospital beds
    3.8per 1,000 people · 2022

    Above the world median (2.4) · higher is better

    Life expectancy at birth
    77.9years · 2024

    Above the world median (74.7) · higher is better

    New displacements, disasters
    0per 1,000 people · 2023

    Below the world median (0.73) · lower is better

    1 people in total

    Refugees hosted
    19.7per 1,000 people · 2025

    12,269 people in total

    175 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.

    0.8homicides per 100,000 people (2023)

    Below 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

    Montenegro: natural disasters and risks in figures

    Last 30 days · 19 events

    Eventsof which severe
    • Wildfire148 8 severe
    • Flood22 2 severe
    • Heatwave22 2 severe
    • Storm11 1 severe

    Last 12 months · 61 events

    Eventsof which severe
    • Wildfire5334 34 severe
    • Flood42 2 severe
    • Heatwave22 2 severe
    • Armed attack11 1 severe
    • Storm11 1 severe

    By month

    Eventsof which severe
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