Is Cercado Abajo safe? Dominican Republic travel risk
Is Cercado Abajo safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Cercado Abajo scores 66/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Dominican Republic Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 12 Jun 2025); 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.
Cercado Abajo scores 66/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Dominican Republic (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Cercado Abajo: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (77/100) and natural hazards (71/100).
A score of 66 is higher than the scores of 88% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Dominican Republic travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 18.7300° N, 71.5200° W within El Valle, Cercado Abajo is situated 173.7 km E of Santo Domingo at an altitude of 740 m.
El Valle
18.7300° N, 71.5200° W
740 m
America/Santo_Domingo
20,843
Emergency & Aviation Access
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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 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Cercado Abajo happened in May (3 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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