Is Santa Elena safe? Honduras travel risk

Is Santa Elena safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026

Santa Elena 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.

Santa Elena 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 Santa Elena: 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.