Safest cities from natural disasters

Lowest natural-disaster risk (earthquake, flood, storm, wildfire, heat). Top pick: Punta del Este, Uruguay.

Safest cities from natural disasters — top 12

#	City	Country	Safety	Livability	Cost	Climate	Safety
1	Punta del Este	Uruguay	73	75	55	100	73
2	Maldonado	Uruguay	73	73	51	100	73
3	Dundalk	Ireland	73	73	52	97	73
4	Rouen	France	72	71	50	95	72
5	Hillerød	Denmark	72	70	52	87	72
6	Maardu	Estonia	72	67	54	75	72
7	Viljandi	Estonia	72	66	54	74	72
8	Hobart	Australia	71	72	48	100	71
9	Viborg	Denmark	71	69	52	87	71
10	Frederiksberg	Denmark	71	69	50	88	71
11	Sarpsborg	Norway	71	67	51	81	71
12	Punta Arenas	Chile	71	66	50	79	71
13	Nõmme	Estonia	71	66	52	76	71
14	Alytus	Lithuania	71	66	52	76	71
15	Marijampolė	Lithuania	71	66	52	78	71
16	Utena	Lithuania	71	66	53	76	71
17	Valmiera	Latvia	71	66	53	74	71
18	Rēzekne	Latvia	71	65	53	73	71
19	Narva	Estonia	71	64	51	72	71
20	Kohtla-Järve	Estonia	71	64	52	71	71
21	Melo	Uruguay	70	73	52	100	70
22	Mercedes	Uruguay	70	72	52	98	70
23	Galway	Ireland	70	72	50	99	70
24	Swords	Ireland	70	72	52	98	70
25	Limerick	Ireland	70	72	50	99	70
26	Bhisho	South Africa	70	72	49	100	70
27	Geelong	Australia	70	71	48	100	70
28	Pedro Juan Caballero	Paraguay	70	71	51	97	70
29	Paysandú	Uruguay	70	71	51	94	70
30	Rivera	Uruguay	70	71	51	97	70
31	Tacuarembó	Uruguay	70	71	51	96	70
32	Tallaght	Ireland	70	71	50	96	70
33	Encarnación	Paraguay	70	69	51	88	70
34	Glasgow	United Kingdom	70	68	46	91	70
35	Caacupé	Paraguay	70	68	51	86	70
36	Coronel Oviedo	Paraguay	70	68	52	86	70
37	Skien	Norway	70	68	52	83	70
38	Odense	Denmark	70	68	49	89	70
39	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	70	66	38	93	70
40	Oakville	Canada	70	66	48	82	70
41	Panevėžys	Lithuania	70	66	50	79	70
42	Linköping	Sweden	70	66	49	81	70
43	Örebro	Sweden	70	66	49	80	70
44	Jönköping	Sweden	70	66	50	80	70
45	Sollentuna	Sweden	70	66	49	80	70
46	Södermalm	Sweden	70	66	49	81	70
47	St. John's	Canada	70	65	50	78	70
48	Šiauliai	Lithuania	70	65	50	78	70
49	Daugavpils	Latvia	70	65	51	75	70
50	Västerås	Sweden	70	65	49	79	70

Climate real (WorldClim); cost real (World Bank); hazard tiers indicative.

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Punta del Este, Uruguay — see the full ranking of 1103 cities.

From open data: climate (WorldClim), cost (World Bank), disaster risk (USGS/FEMA/INFORM), combined into a livability score.