Is Erongarícuaro safe? Mexico travel risk
Is Erongarícuaro safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Erongarícuaro 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). The US State Department rates Michoacán, where Erongarícuaro is, Level 4: Do Not Travel, higher than Mexico overall (Level 2). 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.
Erongarícuaro 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 Erongarícuaro: 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 90% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
In the Michoacán territory, Erongarícuaro is established at 19.5833° N, 101.7167° W. It lies 271.3 km E relative to Mexico City. Time zone observed: America/Mexico_City.
Michoacán
19.5833° N, 101.7167° W
2080 m
America/Mexico_City
15,291
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Mexico
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (28 °C avg high); Wettest: July (376 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 23° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 26° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 23° |
| Low °C | 10° | 10° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 16° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 14° | 12° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 41 | 29 | 33 | 65 | 156 | 234 | 376 | 339 | 274 | 120 | 66 | 23 |
Normals: Uruapan (40.5 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 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Erongarícuaro happened in October (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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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