Is Juticalpa safe? Honduras travel risk
Is Juticalpa safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Juticalpa scores 73/100 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.
Juticalpa scores 73/100 (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 Juticalpa: 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 73 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
Positioned at 14.6672° N, 86.2196° W in Olancho, Juticalpa features an altitude of 456 m. The settlement is located 123.0 km WSW from Tegucigalpa.
Olancho
14.6672° N, 86.2196° W
456 m
America/Tegucigalpa
124,828
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | 10 | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Juticalpa happened in April (16 of 28 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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