Is Santa Bárbara safe? Honduras travel risk
Is Santa Bárbara safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Santa Bárbara 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.
Santa Bárbara 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 Santa Bárbara: 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Situated in Santa Bárbara at 14.9216° N, 88.2364° W (elevation 239 m), Santa Bárbara lies 143.5 km SE of Tegucigalpa. Time zone: America/Tegucigalpa.
Santa Bárbara
14.9216° N, 88.2364° W
239 m
America/Tegucigalpa
41,736
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Santa Bárbara happened in January, March, May, June, September, October, November and December (8 of 8 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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