Is La Paz safe? Honduras travel risk
Is La Paz safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
La Paz 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.
La Paz 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 La Paz: 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
Positioned at 14.3234° N, 87.6832° W in La Paz, La Paz features an altitude of 680 m. The settlement is located 57.0 km ESE from Tegucigalpa.
La Paz
14.3234° N, 87.6832° W
680 m
America/Tegucigalpa
43,980
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 | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of La Paz happened in April (7 of 12 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
1 major seismic event recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.6 on 9 Dec 2024 (116 km away) — USGS details
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Honduras travel advice & laws.
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