Is Faro safe? Portugal travel risk
Is Faro safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Faro 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.
Faro 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 Faro: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: health and medical access (41/100) 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.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 37.0161° N, 7.9350° W in Faro, Faro maintains a regional distance of 216.0 km NNW to Lisbon.
Faro
37.0161° N, 7.9350° W
24 m
Europe/Lisbon
64,560
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 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Faro happened in August (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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