Is Santa María Jalapa del Marqués safe? Mexico travel risk
Is Santa María Jalapa del Marqués safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Santa María Jalapa del Marqués scores 59/100 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.
Santa María Jalapa del Marqués scores 59/100 (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 Santa María Jalapa del Marqués: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (60/100) and crime and scams (69/100).
A score of 59 is higher than the scores of 84% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Santa María Jalapa del Marqués belongs to Oaxaca (Mexico), centered at coordinates 16.4401° N, 95.4434° W (161 m above sea level). Distance to Mexico City is 512.9 km towards the NW.
Oaxaca
16.4401° N, 95.4434° W
161 m
America/Mexico_City
13,148
Emergency & Aviation Access
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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 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Santa María Jalapa del Marqués happened in March (3 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
6 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.9 on 7 Oct 2023 (80 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.8 on 2 Aug 2025 (115 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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