Is Águas Santas safe? Portugal travel risk
Is Águas Santas safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Águas Santas scores 27/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Portugal Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 23 Dec 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Águas Santas scores 27/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Portugal (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Águas Santas: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (53/100) and security (24/100).
A score of 27 is higher than the scores of 18% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Portugal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Águas Santas belongs to Porto (Portugal), centered at coordinates 41.2106° N, 8.5866° W (112 m above sea level). Distance to Lisbon is 281.7 km towards the S.
Porto
41.2106° N, 8.5866° W
112 m
Europe/Lisbon
27,470
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Portugal
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (27 °C avg high); Wettest: November (218 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 13° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 27° | 24° | 20° | 16° | 13° |
| Low °C | 7° | 7° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 16° | 13° | 10° | 7° |
| Rain mm | 162 | 144 | 162 | 123 | 103 | 47 | 17 | 23 | 64 | 129 | 218 | 176 |
Normals: Porto (7.1 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 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Águas Santas happened in September (9 of 17 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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