Is Primero de Enero safe? Cuba travel risk
Is Primero de Enero safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Primero de Enero scores 50/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Cuba Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 7 May 2025); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the whole country (updated 25 Sep 2026); Canada says: avoid non-essential travel. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Primero de Enero scores 50/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Cuba (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Primero de Enero: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (69/100) and crime and scams (41/100).
A score of 50 is higher than the scores of 67% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Cuba travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 21.9453° N, 78.4189° W in Ciego de Ávila, Primero de Enero features an altitude of 23 m. The settlement is located 425.8 km WNW from Havana.
Ciego de Ávila
21.9453° N, 78.4189° W
23 m
America/Havana
29,117
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Cuba)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Cuba travel advice & laws.
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