Netherlands
Level calmupdated 31 min agoNo underlying concern: official advisories are at ease about this country.
What are the main risks in Netherlands?
Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 20 events there, including 11 severe. The most frequent: Storm, Civil unrest, Heatwave.
Is there a government travel advisory for Netherlands?
Yes — of the 19 governments we track, 0 advise against travel and 3 urge extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.
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Netherlands: current alerts and safety news
What was recorded in the country this week, lifted alerts included.
Last 90 days
- Calm
- Moderate / High
- Critical
- N/A
Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.
Is it safe to travel to Netherlands?
Little was recorded here. Over the last 12 months our sensors logged 9 events in the Netherlands, 4 of them severe. Heat comes first: 3 heatwaves, all 3 rated severe. Then 2 air quality episodes, 1 storm, 1 flood and 1 thunderstorm. All of it is weather, and weather here follows a season — what was picked up sits in June and August, at the warm end of the year. The data does not point to any one part of the country, so nothing here names a region. On homicide, the country stands at 0.7 per 100k against a world median of 2.1. That number covers homicide only, nothing about theft or scams. Read the whole picture as thin rather than reassuring: few events, and the ones that came were heat and water.
What it changes for a nomad
For a stay of several weeks, summer is the part of the year that asks something of you. Heat was the recurring theme, and it was the one hazard rated severe more than once, so a flat with no way to cool down turns into a poor office in a hot spell. Wind and rain matter more for how you move than for your safety: a storm or a thunderstorm can rearrange a day of cycling or a train plan. Water sits in the background too, with 1 flood recorded. Air quality dipped twice, which is the kind of thing you notice indoors with the windows open. Spring and autumn come out quiet in what we logged. If you can choose your months, they are the easy ones to work in.
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
August 21, 2026
The Netherlands ranks as minimal risk. Over the last 12 months, nine recorded events focused on natural hazards rather than security. Heatwaves were the most severe — three occurred, each one serious, with stakes for your health and how services cope. Air quality dipped twice, mostly tied to summer conditions. One strong storm caused disruption. Isolated flooding happened once. June and August saw the most activity. The homicide rate stands at 0.7 per 100,000, well below the world median of 2.1. Your main recurring concern is summer heat stress, not personal safety.
To watch as a rule
- Heat through the summer, the only hazard logged as severe more than once.
- Storms and thunderstorms, mostly a problem for cycling and travel plans.
- Water levels and local flooding after long rain.
- Short air quality episodes, worth a look before an outdoor day.
Good reflexes
- Check the wind before a long ride, not once you are on the bike.
- In a hot spell, shift focused work to the early morning and close the blinds by midday.
- Keep a fan or a way to cool one room before summer starts, not during.
- When air quality drops, keep the windows shut in the afternoon and move hard outdoor sessions to another day.
- Before an announced storm, bring in anything loose on the balcony and back up your work offline.
Netherlands: 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; 3 recommend increased caution.
Netherlands: 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: 0.7 per 100,000 people (median 2.3)
- Air quality (PM2.5): 8.6 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
- Safely managed drinking water: 100 % of the population (median 80.5)
- Road deaths: 4 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
- Physicians: 3.9 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
- Life expectancy at birth: 82 years (median 74.7)
Watch out vs the world median
- New displacements, disasters: 2.8 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)
Below the world median (17.3) · lower is better
WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³
Above the world median (80.5) · higher is better
Below the world median (15.2) · lower is better
Above the world median (1.7) · higher is better
Close to the world median (2.4) · higher is better
Above the world median (74.7) · higher is better
Above the world median (0.73) · lower is better
51,000 people in total
283,935 people in total
49,662 asylum seekers
Security and violence
Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026
2.5/10 — low
Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.
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
Netherlands: natural disasters and risks in figures
Last 30 days · 6 events
Eventsof which severe- Civil unrest4
- Storm22 2 severe
Last 12 months · 20 events
Eventsof which severe- Storm55 5 severe
- Civil unrest5
- Heatwave33 3 severe
- Armed attack33 3 severe
- Air quality2
- Flood1
- Travel advisory1
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