Is Batán safe? Argentina travel risk
Is Batán safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Batán 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.
Batán 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 Batán: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Situated in Buenos Aires at 38.0078° S, 57.7097° W, Batán lies 382.2 km N of Buenos Aires. Time zone: UTC.
Buenos Aires
38.0078° S, 57.7097° W
Lowland
UTC
10,152
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Argentina)
Climate by Month
Hottest: January (25 °C avg high); Wettest: January (96 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 25° | 25° | 23° | 19° | 15° | 13° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 21° | 24° |
| Low °C | 17° | 17° | 16° | 13° | 10° | 8° | 6° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 15° |
| Rain mm | 96 | 82 | 67 | 75 | 57 | 49 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 72 | 90 | 76 |
Normals: Mar del Plata (14 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Batán happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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