Is Guaimaca safe? Honduras travel risk
Is Guaimaca safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Guaimaca 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.
Guaimaca 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 Guaimaca: 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 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
Geographically located in Francisco Morazán (14.5488° N, 86.8277° W), Guaimaca sits 63.8 km SW from Tegucigalpa at 884 m elevation.
Francisco Morazán
14.5488° N, 86.8277° W
884 m
America/Tegucigalpa
28,076
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding 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 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | 8 | 13 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Guaimaca happened in April (13 of 24 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Honduras travel advice & laws.
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