Is Arganil safe? Portugal travel risk
Is Arganil safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Arganil scores 31/100 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.
Arganil scores 31/100 (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 Arganil: 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 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Portugal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
In the Coimbra territory, Arganil is established at 40.2183° N, 8.0542° W. It lies 191.4 km SSW relative to Lisbon. Time zone observed: Europe/Lisbon.
Coimbra
40.2183° N, 8.0542° W
175 m
Europe/Lisbon
12,145
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 | 10 | 6 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Arganil happened in August (10 of 18 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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