Is Santa Lucía safe? Argentina travel risk
Is Santa Lucía safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Santa Lucía scores 35/100 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.
Santa Lucía scores 35/100 (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 Santa Lucía: 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 35 is higher than the scores of 41% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Argentina travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 28.9833° S, 59.1000° W in Corrientes, Santa Lucía features an altitude of 49 m. The settlement is located 629.7 km S from Buenos Aires.
Corrientes
28.9833° S, 59.1000° W
49 m
America/Argentina/Cordoba
11,589
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 3 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Santa Lucía happened in December (3 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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