Is Ribeirão Prêto safe? Brazil travel risk
Is Ribeirão Prêto safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ribeirão Prêto 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.
Ribeirão Prêto 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 Ribeirão Prêto: 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 80% of the cities we score.
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Location & Spatial Data
Found at 21.1776° S, 47.8101° W within São Paulo, Ribeirão Prêto is situated 598.7 km N of Brasília at an altitude of 554 m.
São Paulo
21.1776° S, 47.8101° W
554 m
America/Sao_Paulo
504,923
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Brazil)
Climate by Month
Hottest: September (31 °C avg high); Wettest: December (233 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 27° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 29° |
| Low °C | 21° | 21° | 20° | 18° | 16° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 21° |
| Rain mm | 225 | 169 | 152 | 55 | 39 | 33 | 20 | 21 | 56 | 132 | 172 | 233 |
Normals: Ribeirão Prêto (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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | 3 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Ribeirão Prêto happened in August and September (12 of 15 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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