Is El Progreso safe? Honduras travel risk
Is El Progreso safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
El Progreso 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.
El Progreso 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 El Progreso: 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.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Situated in Yoro at 15.4009° N, 87.8120° W (elevation 48 m), El Progreso lies 158.2 km SSE of Tegucigalpa. Time zone: America/Tegucigalpa.
Yoro
15.4009° N, 87.8120° W
48 m
America/Tegucigalpa
188,366
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements 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 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of El Progreso happened in January (2 of 9 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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