Is Cascais safe? Portugal travel risk
Is Cascais safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Cascais scores 23/100 on our travel risk index (Low). 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.
Cascais scores 23/100 (Low). 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 Cascais: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (24/100) and natural hazards (38/100).
A score of 23 is higher than the scores of 12% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Portugal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Charted at coordinates 38.6972° N, 9.4217° W in Lisboa, Cascais maintains a regional distance of 25.0 km E to Lisbon.
Lisboa
38.6972° N, 9.4217° W
20 m
Europe/Lisbon
214,158
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in 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 (25 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Cascais happened in March and December (4 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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