Is Ciudad Choluteca safe? Honduras travel risk
Is Ciudad Choluteca safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ciudad Choluteca scores 72/100 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). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ciudad Choluteca scores 72/100 (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 Ciudad Choluteca: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 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 72 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.
Local Geographic Profile
Situated in Choluteca at 13.3014° N, 87.1842° W (elevation 45 m), Ciudad Choluteca lies 89.5 km N of Tegucigalpa. Time zone: America/Tegucigalpa.
Choluteca
13.3014° N, 87.1842° W
45 m
America/Tegucigalpa
152,519
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Honduras
Climate by Month
Hottest: March (37 °C avg high); Wettest: September (453 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 34° | 35° | 37° | 37° | 34° | 32° | 33° | 33° | 31° | 31° | 32° | 33° |
| Low °C | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 2 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 262 | 316 | 185 | 271 | 453 | 341 | 64 | 2 |
Normals: Ciudad Choluteca (0 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 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ciudad Choluteca happened in June and September (6 of 9 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
5 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.5 on 19 Jul 2023 (112 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.5 on 13 Aug 2026 (123 km away) — USGS details
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