Is Santa Clara safe? Cuba travel risk
Is Santa Clara safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Santa Clara 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.
Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara: 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
Santa Clara belongs to Villa Clara (Cuba), centered at coordinates 22.4067° N, 79.9531° W (132 m above sea level). Distance to Havana is 259.7 km towards the WNW.
Villa Clara
22.4067° N, 79.9531° W
132 m
America/Havana
247,436
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Cuba)
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 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Santa Clara happened in November and December (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Cuba travel advice & laws.
Check the official entry requirements for your nationality before you travel. See the Cuba entry requirements.
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