Is Gaspar Hernández safe? Dominican Republic travel risk
Is Gaspar Hernández safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Gaspar Hernández scores 52/100 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.
Gaspar Hernández scores 52/100 (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 Gaspar Hernández: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (74/100) and security (44/100).
A score of 52 is higher than the scores of 70% 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 19.6200° N, 70.2800° W within Cibao Norte, Gaspar Hernández is situated 133.5 km SSE of Santo Domingo at an altitude of 13 m.
Cibao Norte
19.6200° N, 70.2800° W
13 m
America/Santo_Domingo
37,852
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Dominican Republic
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (33 °C avg high); Wettest: May (122 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 28° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 32° | 33° | 33° | 33° | 31° | 29° | 28° |
| Low °C | 19° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 20° |
| Rain mm | 39 | 38 | 49 | 71 | 122 | 56 | 18 | 36 | 76 | 118 | 56 | 45 |
Normals: Santiago (46.5 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 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Gaspar Hernández happened in April and May (6 of 15 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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