Is Santa Ana safe? Honduras travel risk
Is Santa Ana safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Santa Ana scores 69/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
Santa Ana scores 69/100 (Elevated). 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 Santa Ana: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 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 69 is higher than the scores of 90% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Honduras travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 13.9296° N, 87.2733° W place Santa Ana within Francisco Morazán at an elevation of 1455 meters. Heading to Tegucigalpa: 21.0 km NNE.
Francisco Morazán
13.9296° N, 87.2733° W
1455 m
America/Tegucigalpa
16,009
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Honduras)
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (31 °C avg high); Wettest: September (230 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 26° | 28° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° |
| Low °C | 17° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 17° |
| Rain mm | 10 | 10 | 19 | 71 | 192 | 230 | 205 | 207 | 230 | 181 | 76 | 27 |
Normals: Tegucigalpa (21 km away).
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 | 2 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | 3 | 8 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Santa Ana happened in April (8 of 14 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 (95 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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