Is Estepona safe? Spain travel risk
Is Estepona safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Estepona scores 31/100 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.
Estepona scores 31/100 (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 Estepona: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (43/100).
A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Spain travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 36.4264° N, 5.1472° W in Andalusia, Estepona features an altitude of 69 m. The settlement is located 461.2 km NNE from Madrid.
Andalusia
36.4264° N, 5.1472° W
69 m
Europe/Madrid
78,413
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Spain)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (28 °C avg high); Wettest: November (132 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 15° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 24° | 28° | 28° | 25° | 21° | 17° | 15° |
| Low °C | 10° | 10° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 20° | 17° | 13° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 101 | 109 | 90 | 55 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 73 | 132 | 112 |
Normals: Gibraltar (36.7 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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