Is Hungary safe in 2026?
Hungary scores 85.4/100 on the live safety index — very safe. The main pressure on the score comes from political stability, economy, crime. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 85.7/100).
85.4 /100very safe
30-day trend
Hungary's score changed by +0.2 over the last 22 days (85.2 → 85.4) — within normal day-to-day noise. No single event moved the index.
Risk factors
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Conflict & War
3.1/34.1 safety points.
Nuclear threats & incidents
Nuclear index: 2.2/100. Does not affect the Safety Index.
Our index tracks nuclear weapons development, tests, radiation incidents and threats to use nuclear weapons. It also includes explicitly threatened countries. This is our own index, not a probability of nuclear war.
Official travel advisory
1 Exercise Normal Precautions
The U.S. State Department places Hungary at Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions. Our live index reads 85.4/100. That advisory was last revised Apr 15, 2026, 184 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.
Source: U.S. Department of State, revised Apr 15, 2026. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.
Latest recorded events
- Internal medicine care hits crisis in Budapest, hospital operations to be coordinated
- Scabies found in a resident of a nursing home in Pétervására
- Data Protection Authority Says Fidesz's Listing of NVVH Employees Violates Almost All GDPR Principles
- Bacteria indicating fecal contamination detected in school meals, eight hospitalized
- Hungarian miracle: from producers to big chains, everyone suffers in the food market
- Partizan reporters denied entry to Parliament due to regulations in force since June
24-hour forecast
Trend: stable · projected score 85.7/100 (generated )
The isolated older health report has little near-term effect on an otherwise steady trend.
Compared with nearby countries
| Country | Score | 0–100 | vs Hungary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 85.4 | — | |
| Slovakia | 87.5 | +2.1 | |
| Slovenia | 94.2 | +8.8 | |
| Serbia | 67.7 | −17.7 | |
| Austria | 92.7 | +7.3 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.1 | −9.3 |