Is São José dos Campos safe? Brazil travel risk
Is São José dos Campos safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
São José dos Campos 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.
São José dos Campos 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 São José dos Campos: 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 60 is higher than 83% of the cities we score.
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Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 23.1789° S, 45.8869° W in São Paulo, São José dos Campos maintains a regional distance of 847.4 km NNW to Brasília.
São Paulo
23.1789° S, 45.8869° W
600 m
America/Sao_Paulo
539,313
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Brazil)
Climate by Month
Hottest: February (28 °C avg high); Wettest: January (208 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 28° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° |
| Low °C | 20° | 20° | 19° | 17° | 15° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 208 | 159 | 151 | 74 | 46 | 38 | 33 | 36 | 74 | 132 | 149 | 196 |
Normals: São José dos Campos (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of São José dos Campos happened in February (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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