Is Santo Tomás safe? Peru travel risk
Is Santo Tomás safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Santo Tomás scores 57/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates Peru Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 4 Sep 2026); the UK FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country (updated 9 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. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Santo Tomás scores 57/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Peru (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Santo Tomás: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (67/100) and crime and scams (55/100).
A score of 57 is higher than the scores of 81% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Peru travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 14.4510° S, 72.0820° W in Cusco, Santo Tomás features an altitude of 3659 m. The settlement is located 598.6 km WNW from Lima.
Cusco
14.4510° S, 72.0820° W
3659 m
America/Lima
25,087
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Peru)
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Santo Tomás happened in January (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
1 major seismic event recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.5 on 16 Mar 2022 (137 km away) — USGS details
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