Is Belém safe? Brazil travel risk
Is Belém safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Belém scores 55/100 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.
Belém scores 55/100 (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 Belém: 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 55 is higher than the scores of 77% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Brazil travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
In the Pará territory, Belém is established at 1.4558° S, 48.5039° W. It lies 1,595.8 km S relative to Brasília. Time zone observed: America/Belem.
Pará
1.4558° S, 48.5039° W
15 m
America/Belem
1,280,614
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Brazil
Climate by Month
Hottest: October (34 °C avg high); Wettest: March (378 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 33° | 34° | 32° | 30° |
| Low °C | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 25° |
| Rain mm | 241 | 308 | 378 | 353 | 283 | 155 | 70 | 36 | 12 | 11 | 61 | 153 |
Normals: Belém (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Belém happened in November (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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