Is El Parral safe? Mexico travel risk
Is El Parral safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
El Parral scores 70/100 on our travel risk index (Extreme). The US State Department rates Mexico Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 29 May 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 13 Oct 2026); 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. CDC travel health notice: Level 1, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Mexico (23 Dec 2025). No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
El Parral scores 70/100 (Extreme). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Mexico (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to El Parral: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (79/100) and crime and scams (79/100).
A score of 70 is higher than the scores of 90% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 16.3662° N, 93.0067° W in Chiapas, El Parral features an altitude of 680 m. The settlement is located 732.3 km WNW from Mexico City.
Chiapas
16.3662° N, 93.0067° W
680 m
America/Merida
11,949
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Mexico
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (33 °C avg high); Wettest: June (325 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 27° | 29° | 32° | 33° | 32° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° |
| Low °C | 17° | 18° | 19° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 19° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 13 | 10 | 25 | 61 | 165 | 325 | 302 | 313 | 323 | 148 | 69 | 34 |
Normals: Tuxtla (44.6 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 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of El Parral happened in May (5 of 14 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
4 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.8 on 28 Nov 2025 (147 km away) — USGS details
CDC Traveler Health Notices for Mexico
- Level 1 - Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in Mexico (Level 1, 23 Dec 2025)
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Public Domain).
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