Is General Martín Miguel de Güemes safe? Argentina travel risk
Is General Martín Miguel de Güemes safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
General Martín Miguel de Güemes scores 34/100 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.
General Martín Miguel de Güemes scores 34/100 (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 General Martín Miguel de Güemes: 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 34 is higher than the scores of 39% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Argentina travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 24.6667° S, 65.0500° W in Salta. The settlement is located 1,279.4 km SSE from Buenos Aires.
Salta
24.6667° S, 65.0500° W
Lowland
UTC
47,348
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: January (25 °C avg high); Wettest: January (365 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 25° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 18° | 17° | 17° | 19° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 24° |
| Low °C | 17° | 17° | 15° | 13° | 10° | 8° | 7° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 365 | 312 | 361 | 257 | 149 | 76 | 53 | 67 | 114 | 219 | 272 | 331 |
Normals: Salta (39.2 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 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of General Martín Miguel de Güemes happened in February (3 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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