Is Benavente safe? Portugal travel risk
Is Benavente safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Benavente scores 26/100 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.
Benavente scores 26/100 (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 Benavente: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (41/100) and security (24/100).
A score of 26 is higher than the scores of 17% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Portugal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 38.9833° N, 8.8167° W place Benavente within Santarém at an elevation of 13 meters. Heading to Lisbon: 40.8 km SW.
Santarém
38.9833° N, 8.8167° W
13 m
Europe/Lisbon
29,019
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Portugal)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (27 °C avg high); Wettest: November (104 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 14° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 25° | 21° | 17° | 14° |
| Low °C | 10° | 9° | 11° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 18° | 16° | 13° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 77 | 74 | 72 | 51 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 64 | 104 | 85 |
Normals: Lisbon (40.8 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Benavente happened in November (3 of 10 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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