Is Choloma safe? Honduras travel risk
Is Choloma safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Choloma scores 71/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Honduras Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 25 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; 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.
Choloma scores 71/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Honduras (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Choloma: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (75/100) and crime and scams (85/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 1, Canada Level 2.
A score of 71 is higher than the scores of 91% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Honduras travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Found at 15.6127° N, 87.9507° W within Cortés, Choloma is situated 185.8 km SSE of Tegucigalpa at an altitude of 41 m.
Cortés
15.6127° N, 87.9507° W
41 m
America/Tegucigalpa
227,535
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Honduras
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 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Choloma happened in January (2 of 9 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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