Is Alicante safe? Spain travel risk
Is Alicante safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Alicante scores 32/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Spain Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 1 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Alicante scores 32/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Spain (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Alicante: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (42/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Spain travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 38.3453° N, 0.4831° W in Valencia, Alicante maintains a regional distance of 360.1 km NW to Madrid.
Valencia
38.3453° N, 0.4831° W
18 m
Europe/Madrid
358,720
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Spain
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 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Alicante happened in March, May, September and October (4 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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