Is Carlos Chagas safe? Brazil travel risk
Is Carlos Chagas safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Carlos Chagas scores 57/100 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.
Carlos Chagas scores 57/100 (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 Carlos Chagas: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: security (68/100) and crime and scams (73/100).
A score of 57 is higher than the scores of 81% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 17.7028° S, 40.7658° W place Carlos Chagas within Minas Gerais at an elevation of 206 meters. Heading to Brasília: 786.9 km WNW.
Minas Gerais
17.7028° S, 40.7658° W
206 m
America/Sao_Paulo
18,615
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Brazil)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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