Is Vila Nova de Gaia safe? Portugal travel risk
Is Vila Nova de Gaia safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Vila Nova de Gaia 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.
Vila Nova de Gaia 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 Vila Nova de Gaia: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (53/100) and security (24/100).
A score of 27 is higher than the scores of 18% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 41.1333° N, 8.6167° W place Vila Nova de Gaia within Porto at an elevation of 122 meters. Heading to Lisbon: 272.8 km S.
Porto
41.1333° N, 8.6167° W
122 m
Europe/Lisbon
303,824
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Portugal)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (27 °C avg high); Wettest: November (218 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 13° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 27° | 24° | 20° | 16° | 13° |
| Low °C | 7° | 7° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 16° | 13° | 10° | 7° |
| Rain mm | 162 | 144 | 162 | 123 | 103 | 47 | 17 | 23 | 64 | 129 | 218 | 176 |
Normals: Porto (1.9 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 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Vila Nova de Gaia happened in September (10 of 16 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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