Is São Gonçalo safe? Brazil travel risk
Is São Gonçalo safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
São Gonçalo scores 57/100 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.
São Gonçalo scores 57/100 (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 São Gonçalo: 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 57 is higher than 78% of the cities we score.
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Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 22.8269° S, 43.0539° W place São Gonçalo within Rio de Janeiro at an elevation of 21 meters. Heading to Brasília: 931.6 km NW.
Rio de Janeiro
22.8269° S, 43.0539° W
21 m
America/Sao_Paulo
896,744
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Brazil)
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (31 °C avg high); Wettest: January (273 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 31° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 30° |
| Low °C | 24° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 18° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 273 | 212 | 198 | 114 | 71 | 51 | 49 | 53 | 85 | 151 | 181 | 253 |
Normals: Rio de Janeiro (18.1 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 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of São Gonçalo happened in March (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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