Is Matões safe? Brazil travel risk
Is Matões safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Matões scores 60/100 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.
Matões scores 60/100 (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 Matões: 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 60 is higher than the scores of 84% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 5.5189° S, 43.1989° W in Maranhão, Matões features an altitude of 175 m. The settlement is located 1,251.6 km SSW from Brasília.
Maranhão
5.5189° S, 43.1989° W
175 m
America/Fortaleza
32,174
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Matões happened in September (4 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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