Is San Nicolás de los Garza safe? Mexico travel risk
Is San Nicolás de los Garza safe right now? Checked 15 October 2026
San Nicolás de los Garza scores 67/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
San Nicolás de los Garza scores 67/100 (Elevated). 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 San Nicolás de los Garza: 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 67 is higher than the scores of 89% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 25.7500° N, 100.2833° W in Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza features an altitude of 510 m. The settlement is located 712.3 km S from Mexico City.
Nuevo León
25.7500° N, 100.2833° W
510 m
America/Monterrey
443,273
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in Mexico
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (33 °C avg high); Wettest: September (90 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 20° | 21° | 27° | 29° | 31° | 33° | 33° | 33° | 29° | 27° | 24° | 21° |
| Low °C | 9° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 43 | 38 | 34 | 51 | 64 | 32 | 26 | 38 | 90 | 59 | 46 | 29 |
Normals: Monterrey (8.1 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 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of San Nicolás de los Garza happened in May (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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