Is Escárcega safe? Mexico travel risk

Regional advisory: The US State Department rates Campeche, where Escárcega is, Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions, lower than Mexico overall (Level 2).

Is Escárcega safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026

Escárcega scores 43/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). 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 Campeche, where Escárcega is, Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions, lower 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.

Escárcega scores 43/100 (Moderate). 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 Escárcega: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.

Driven by: natural hazards (67/100) and health and medical access (57/100).

A score of 43 is higher than the scores of 56% of the 241 countries we cover.

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