Is Chillán safe? Chile travel risk
Is Chillán safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Chillán scores 46/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Chile Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 19 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Chillán scores 46/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Chile (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Chillán: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (49/100) and natural hazards (67/100).
A score of 46 is higher than the scores of 60% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Chile travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 36.6000° S, 72.1167° W in Ñuble, Chillán features an altitude of 132 m. The settlement is located 376.2 km NNE from Santiago.
Ñuble
36.6000° S, 72.1167° W
132 m
America/Santiago
164,270
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Chile)
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 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Chillán happened in February (14 of 25 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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