Is Aracaju safe? Brazil travel risk
Is Aracaju safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Aracaju scores 56/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Brazil Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 31 Aug 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 29 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (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.
Aracaju scores 56/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Brazil (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Aracaju: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (68/100) and crime and scams (73/100).
A score of 56 is higher than 75% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 10.9111° S, 37.0717° W in Sergipe, Aracaju features an altitude of 11 m. The settlement is located 1,289.1 km WSW from Brasília.
Sergipe
10.9111° S, 37.0717° W
11 m
America/Maceio
664,908
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Brazil
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (30 °C avg high); Wettest: May (150 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 29° |
| Low °C | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° |
| Rain mm | 45 | 59 | 82 | 115 | 150 | 123 | 112 | 92 | 57 | 43 | 36 | 35 |
Normals: Aracaju (0 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 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Aracaju happened in January and May (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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