Is Bahía Blanca safe? Argentina travel risk
Is Bahía Blanca safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Bahía Blanca scores 32/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Argentina Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 10 Jul 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Bahía Blanca scores 32/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Argentina (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Bahía Blanca: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (41/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Argentina travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 38.7167° S, 62.2667° W within Buenos Aires, Bahía Blanca is situated 573.1 km NE of Buenos Aires at an altitude of 20 m.
Buenos Aires
38.7167° S, 62.2667° W
20 m
America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
301,572
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Argentina
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Bahía Blanca happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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