Is Potrerillos safe? Honduras travel risk
Is Potrerillos safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Potrerillos 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.
Potrerillos 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 Potrerillos: 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.
Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 15.2333° N, 87.9667° W in Cortés, Potrerillos features an altitude of 48 m. The settlement is located 149.8 km SE from Tegucigalpa.
Cortés
15.2333° N, 87.9667° W
48 m
America/Tegucigalpa
26,954
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Potrerillos happened in January (2 of 10 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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