Is Posadas safe? Argentina travel risk
Is Posadas safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Posadas scores 33/100 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.
Posadas scores 33/100 (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 Posadas: 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 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Argentina travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Posadas belongs to Misiones (Argentina), centered at coordinates 27.3667° S, 55.9000° W (83 m above sea level). Distance to Buenos Aires is 839.6 km towards the SSW.
Misiones
27.3667° S, 55.9000° W
83 m
America/Argentina/Cordoba
275,988
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Argentina)
Climate by Month
Hottest: January (31 °C avg high); Wettest: November (195 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 31° | 31° | 29° | 26° | 23° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 29° | 31° |
| Low °C | 23° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 15° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 16° | 17° | 20° | 22° |
| Rain mm | 179 | 150 | 142 | 140 | 141 | 145 | 125 | 118 | 147 | 158 | 195 | 174 |
Normals: Encarnación (3.4 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 | — |
| Wildfires | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Posadas happened in February and March (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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