Is Peñalolén safe? Chile travel risk
Is Peñalolén safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Peñalolén 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.
Peñalolén 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 Peñalolén: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (49/100) and natural hazards (64/100).
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.
Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 33.4833° S, 70.5500° W in Región Metropolitana, Peñalolén maintains a regional distance of 10.6 km WNW to Santiago.
Región Metropolitana
33.4833° S, 70.5500° W
710 m
America/Santiago
216,060
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Chile
Climate by Month
Hottest: January (28 °C avg high); Wettest: June (112 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 28° | 28° | 26° | 23° | 18° | 15° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 23° | 27° |
| Low °C | 17° | 16° | 14° | 11° | 7° | 4° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 14° |
| Rain mm | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 54 | 112 | 105 | 64 | 55 | 36 | 13 | 3 |
Normals: Santiago (10.6 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Peñalolén happened in December (6 of 11 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
4 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.0 on 31 May 2026 (144 km away) — USGS details
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