Is Hunucmá safe? Mexico travel risk
Is Hunucmá safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Hunucmá scores 36/100 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 Yucatán, where Hunucmá 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.
Hunucmá scores 36/100 (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 Hunucmá: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (34/100) and natural hazards (51/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Mexico travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 21.0153° N, 89.8744° W within Yucatán, Hunucmá is situated 981.8 km W of Mexico City at an altitude of 7 m.
Yucatán
21.0153° N, 89.8744° W
7 m
America/Merida
24,910
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Mexico)
Climate by Month
Hottest: May (36 °C avg high); Wettest: September (132 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 29° | 30° | 33° | 35° | 36° | 35° | 34° | 34° | 33° | 31° | 30° | 29° |
| Low °C | 19° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 20° |
| Rain mm | 23 | 21 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 118 | 99 | 112 | 132 | 77 | 44 | 28 |
Normals: Mérida (27.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Hunucmá happened in March (2 of 2 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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