Travel Risk Atlas

New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand · Capital Wellington

Level 1 United States Exercise Normal Precautions FCDO United Kingdom No advisory against travel Green Netherlands Green — you can travel Level 1 Canada Take normal security precautions AA Germany No warning in force

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

10.8 Very low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 20th safest of 220
body of water near mountain under blue sky during daytime
Photo: Sébastien Goldberg / 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 New Zealand as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Auckland Islands — No specific warningAuckland Islands — No specific warningAuckland — No specific warningAuckland — No specific warningAuckland — No specific warningAuckland — No specific warningAuckland — No specific warningBay of Plenty — No specific warningCanterbury — No specific warningGisborne District — No specific warningHawke's Bay — No specific warningManawatu-Wanganui — No specific warningMarlborough District — No specific warningMarlborough District — No specific warningMarlborough District — No specific warningNelson City — No specific warningNorthland — No specific warningOtago — No specific warningSouthland — No specific warningSouthland — No specific warningSouthland — No specific warningSouthland — No specific warningSouthland — No specific warningSouthland — No specific warningSouthland — No specific warningTaranaki — No specific warningTasman District — No specific warningThe Snares — No specific warningThree Kings Islands — No specific warningWaikato — No specific warningWaikato — No specific warningWellington — No specific warningWest Coast — No specific warningLake TaupoLake TekapoLake WakatipuLake PukakiLake ManapouriLake Te AnauLake WanakaLake HaweaLake WairarapaLake BenmoreLake ColeridgeLake WaikaremoanaLake HaurokoLake PoteriteriLake MonowaiLake Dunstan
What governments advise No specific warning

Overseas territories, shown separately so the main map stays readable

Chatham Islands Territory — No specific warningChatham Islands Territory — No specific warning
Chatham Islands Territory · Chatham Islands Territory
Campbell Islands — No specific warning
Campbell Islands
Antipodes Islands — No specific warning
Antipodes Islands
Kermadec Islands — No specific warning
Kermadec Islands
Tokelau — No specific warningTokelau — No specific warning
Tokelau · Tokelau

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
10% of score · mainly earthquakes, tsunami
41/100
134th of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
23/100
82nd of 220
Political stability
10% of score
14/100
5th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
11/100
46th of 220
Crime
15% of score
10/100
11th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
0/100
19th of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
0/100
4th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
70/100

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

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
111
Police, fire and ambulance
Currency
NZD $
€1 ≈ 1.96 NZD
Languages
English
Māori, New Zealand Sign Language
Visa (EU passport)
eTA required
US: eTA required · UK: eTA required
Population
5.3m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Wellington
Driving
On the left
9.6 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type I
220-240V
Safely managed water
100%
Widely available · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+64
GDP per capita
$50k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
3.9m
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

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

Mildest and driest around January to March.

Daytime high mild warm
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. New Zealand is big. These numbers describe Wellington 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 New Zealand:

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.