Is Lamego safe? Portugal travel risk
Is Lamego safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Lamego scores 28/100 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.
Lamego scores 28/100 (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 Lamego: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (56/100) and security (24/100).
A score of 28 is higher than the scores of 21% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Portugal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Situated in Viseu at 41.0975° N, 7.8100° W (elevation 502 m), Lamego lies 288.3 km SSW of Lisbon. Time zone: Europe/Lisbon.
Viseu
41.0975° N, 7.8100° W
502 m
Europe/Lisbon
26,691
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 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Lamego happened in September (10 of 24 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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