Is Fuengirola safe? Spain travel risk
Is Fuengirola safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Fuengirola scores 29/100 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.
Fuengirola scores 29/100 (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 Fuengirola: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (40/100).
A score of 29 is higher than the scores of 26% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Spain travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 36.5417° N, 4.6250° W within Andalusia, Fuengirola is situated 438.3 km N of Madrid at an altitude of 13 m.
Andalusia
36.5417° N, 4.6250° W
13 m
Europe/Madrid
85,859
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Spain
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (30 °C avg high); Wettest: November (77 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 15° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 21° | 26° | 29° | 30° | 26° | 22° | 18° | 15° |
| Low °C | 10° | 10° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 23° | 20° | 17° | 13° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 62 | 64 | 53 | 36 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 77 | 71 |
Normals: Málaga (26.9 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 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Fuengirola happened in September (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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