Is Águeda safe? Portugal travel risk
Is Águeda safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Águeda scores 30/100 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.
Águeda scores 30/100 (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 Águeda: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (52/100) and health and medical access (41/100).
A score of 30 is higher than the scores of 32% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 40.5745° N, 8.4480° W in Aveiro, Águeda features an altitude of 39 m. The settlement is located 215.2 km SSW from Lisbon.
Aveiro
40.5745° N, 8.4480° W
39 m
Europe/Lisbon
47,729
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Portugal
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Águeda happened in September (8 of 17 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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