Is Iceland safe in 2026?
Iceland scores 96.6/100 on the live safety index — very safe. The main pressure on the score comes from natural disasters. The score has been stable for 21 days. The 24-hour AI forecast calls the trend stable (projected 96.6/100).
96.6 /100very safe
30-day trend
Iceland's score changed by +0.0 over the last 22 days (96.6 → 96.6) — within normal day-to-day noise. No single event moved the index.
Risk factors
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Conflict & War
0.9/34.1 safety points.
Nuclear threats & incidents
Nuclear index: 0.5/100. 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 Iceland at Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions. Our live index reads 96.6/100. That advisory was last revised May 5, 2026, 164 days ago; the index above is recomputed continuously from current reporting.
Source: U.S. Department of State, revised May 5, 2026. Levels run 1 (normal precautions) to 4 (do not travel). This page is not travel advice.
Latest recorded events
- “You don't want a Russian nuclear submarine off Bordeaux”: why four Belgian F-16s will guard Iceland from today
- Iceland seizes Paul Watson Foundation’s anti-whaling ship and detains its crew
24-hour forecast
Trend: stable · projected score 96.6/100 (generated )
No recent events; safety remains at its established baseline.
Compared with nearby countries
| Country | Score | 0–100 | vs Iceland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 96.6 | — | |
| Faroe Islands | 97.7 | +1.1 | |
| Greenland | 96.2 | −0.4 | |
| United Kingdom | 79.3 | −17.3 | |
| Isle of Man | 97.8 | +1.2 | |
| Ireland | 86.4 | −10.2 |