Is Conselheiro Lafaiete safe? Brazil travel risk
Is Conselheiro Lafaiete safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Conselheiro Lafaiete 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.
Conselheiro Lafaiete 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 Conselheiro Lafaiete: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 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.
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Local Geographic Profile
Situated in Minas Gerais at 20.6600° S, 43.7858° W (elevation 998 m), Conselheiro Lafaiete lies 692.7 km NW of Brasília. Time zone: America/Sao_Paulo.
Minas Gerais
20.6600° S, 43.7858° W
998 m
America/Sao_Paulo
131,621
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Brazil
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 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Conselheiro Lafaiete happened in November (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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