Travel Risk Atlas

Greenland

North America · Capital Nuuk

Level 2 United States Exercise Increased Caution Green Netherlands Green — you can travel Level 1 Canada Take normal security precautions

Each opens that government's own advisory for Greenland — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

28.2 Low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 100th safest of 220

3 of 7 pillars estimated from neighbouring countries — global datasets don't cover Greenland separately.

icebergs on body of water under blue and white sky at daytime
Photo: Tina Rolf / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Risk is rarely spread evenly across a country. The base colour is the code the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives Greenland as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

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What governments advise No specific warning

This map reads milder than the world map's colour, and both are right. The world map shades Greenland by its Atlas Risk Score — 28, Low — which blends government advice with crime, health, roads and natural hazards. This map shows the advice alone, and the strongest level anywhere in Greenland is no specific warning.

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole country — No specific warning. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The colour reflects general caution levels only, not a warned area.

Shading marks whole regions named in an advisory, but a warning is often narrower — a border strip, one road, or a single city. Read the wording, and check the official advisory linked below.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Natural hazards · estimated
10% of score
65/100
204th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
54/100
158th of 220
Road & transport · estimated
10% of score
31/100
104th of 220
Conflict & terrorism · estimated
15% of score
24/100
119th of 220
Political stability
10% of score
18/100
16th of 220
Crime
15% of score
16/100
28th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
11/100
82nd of 220

Biggest factor here: natural hazards. Earthquakes, floods, cyclones, drought and tsunami exposure.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
112
Danish system — police, fire and ambulance
Currency
DKK kr.
€1 ≈ 7.48 DKK
Languages
Greenlandic
Visa (EU passport)
Visa free
US: Visa free · UK: Visa free
Population
57k
World Bank 2025
Capital
Nuuk
Driving
On the right
Power
Type C, E, F, K
220-240V
Basic water access
100%
Widely available · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+299
GDP per capita
$58k
A rough guide to price levels

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Nuuk, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

No month here is both mild and dry. July is the warmest, March the driest.

Daytime high freezing cold
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain. Greenland is big. These numbers describe Nuuk only — elsewhere in the country can be nothing like it.

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Greenland:

CDC Travelers' HealthTravelHealthPro (NHS/UKHSA)

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.