Is Chicacao safe? Guatemala travel risk
Is Chicacao safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Chicacao scores 70/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Guatemala Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 12 Mar 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 13 Aug 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). GDACS lists 1 minor (green) event within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Chicacao scores 70/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Guatemala (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Chicacao: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (70/100) and crime and scams (78/100).
A score of 70 is higher than the scores of 90% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Guatemala travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 14.5333° N, 91.3167° W in Suchitepéquez, Chicacao features an altitude of 511 m. The settlement is located within Guatemala.
Suchitepéquez
14.5333° N, 91.3167° W
511 m
America/Guatemala
67,399
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Guatemala)
Climate by Month
Hottest: March (22 °C avg high); Wettest: September (275 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 20° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° |
| Low °C | 11° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 12° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 13 | 18 | 28 | 90 | 159 | 223 | 163 | 179 | 275 | 145 | 52 | 18 |
Normals: Totonicapán (42.2 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 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Volcanoes | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Chicacao happened in July and November (6 of 12 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
12 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.4 on 12 May 2024 (124 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.9 on 28 Jul 2026 (145 km away) — USGS details
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