Is Santa Rita safe? Honduras travel risk
Is Santa Rita safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Santa Rita 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 Rita 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 Rita: 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 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.
Location & Spatial Data
Situated in Copán at 14.8680° N, 89.0941° W, Santa Rita lies 220.4 km ESE of Tegucigalpa. Time zone: UTC.
Copán
14.8680° N, 89.0941° W
Lowland
UTC
29,927
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Honduras)
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (32 °C avg high); Wettest: September (221 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 26° | 28° | 31° | 32° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 26° |
| Low °C | 19° | 19° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 20° |
| Rain mm | 16 | 13 | 18 | 42 | 108 | 211 | 180 | 172 | 221 | 114 | 51 | 28 |
Normals: Chiquimula (48.1 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Santa Rita happened in June (3 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
3 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.2 on 21 Jul 2024 (93 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.7 on 29 Jul 2025 (122 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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