Is Gáldar safe? Spain travel risk
Is Gáldar safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Gáldar scores 27/100 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.
Gáldar 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 Spain (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Gáldar: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (36/100).
A score of 27 is higher than the scores of 18% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 28.1439° N, 15.6503° W in Canary Islands, Gáldar features an altitude of 148 m. The settlement is located 1,747.8 km NE from Madrid.
Canary Islands
28.1439° N, 15.6503° W
148 m
Atlantic/Canary
24,811
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Spain
Climate by Month
Hottest: September (25 °C avg high); Wettest: December (34 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 19° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 20° |
| Low °C | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 20° | 18° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 32 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 34 |
Normals: Las Palmas (21.2 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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