Is São Sebastião do Maranhão safe? Brazil travel risk
Is São Sebastião do Maranhão safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
São Sebastião do Maranhão scores 56/100 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 Sebastião do Maranhão scores 56/100 (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 Sebastião do Maranhão: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: security (68/100) and crime and scams (73/100).
A score of 56 is higher than the scores of 80% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Brazil travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 18.0839° S, 42.5708° W within Minas Gerais, São Sebastião do Maranhão is situated 619.7 km WNW of Brasília at an altitude of 517 m.
Minas Gerais
18.0839° S, 42.5708° W
517 m
America/Sao_Paulo
10,079
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Brazil)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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