Is Riacho dos Machados safe? Brazil travel risk
Is Riacho dos Machados safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
Riacho dos Machados 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). GDACS lists 1 minor (green) event within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Riacho dos Machados 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 Riacho dos Machados: 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.
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Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 16.0058° S, 43.0489° W in Minas Gerais, Riacho dos Machados maintains a regional distance of 517.5 km W to Brasília.
Minas Gerais
16.0058° S, 43.0489° W
823 m
America/Sao_Paulo
8,756
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Brazil
Climate by Month
Hottest: October (30 °C avg high); Wettest: December (153 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 28° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 28° |
| Low °C | 20° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 20° |
| Rain mm | 138 | 80 | 92 | 41 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 81 | 119 | 153 |
Normals: Riacho dos Machados (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 | 1 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Riacho dos Machados happened in September and October (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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