Is El Viejo safe? Nicaragua travel risk
Is El Viejo safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
El Viejo scores 59/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Nicaragua Level 3 (Reconsider Travel, updated 14 May 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. CDC travel health notice: Level 2, Chikungunya in Nicaragua (3 Sep 2026). No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
El Viejo 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 Nicaragua (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to El Viejo: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (58/100) and natural hazards (73/100). Governments disagree: US Level 3, UK Level 1, Canada Level 2.
A score of 59 is higher than the scores of 84% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Nicaragua travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 12.6667° N, 87.1667° W within Chinandega, El Viejo is situated 115.6 km ESE of Managua at an altitude of 49 m.
Chinandega
12.6667° N, 87.1667° W
49 m
America/Managua
76,775
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Nicaragua)
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (35 °C avg high); Wettest: September (379 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 33° | 34° | 35° | 35° | 32° | 30° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 29° | 30° | 32° |
| Low °C | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° |
| Rain mm | 3 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 214 | 249 | 186 | 253 | 379 | 330 | 105 | 6 |
Normals: León (40 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 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of El Viejo happened in March and December (4 of 8 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
8 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.6 on 21 Apr 2022 (126 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.5 on 13 Aug 2026 (109 km away) — USGS details
CDC Traveler Health Notices for Nicaragua
- Level 2 - Chikungunya in Nicaragua (Level 2, 3 Sep 2026)
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Public Domain).
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Nicaragua travel advice & laws.
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