Is Cubatão safe? Brazil travel risk
Is Cubatão safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Cubatão scores 58/100 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.
Cubatão scores 58/100 (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 Cubatão: 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 58 is higher than the scores of 83% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Brazil travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Cubatão belongs to São Paulo (Brazil), centered at coordinates 23.8953° S, 46.4256° W (6 m above sea level). Distance to Brasília is 913.6 km towards the N.
São Paulo
23.8953° S, 46.4256° W
6 m
America/Sao_Paulo
131,626
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: February (27 °C avg high); Wettest: January (214 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 26° | 27° | 26° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° |
| Low °C | 19° | 19° | 19° | 17° | 15° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 214 | 165 | 144 | 65 | 56 | 48 | 38 | 38 | 76 | 125 | 143 | 188 |
Normals: São Paulo (43.8 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Cubatão happened in January, April and December (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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