Is Guadalajara safe? Spain travel risk
Is Guadalajara safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Guadalajara scores 30/100 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.
Guadalajara scores 30/100 (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 Guadalajara: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (36/100).
A score of 30 is higher than the scores of 32% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Spain travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Found at 40.6337° N, 3.1674° W within Castille-La Mancha, Guadalajara is situated 51.4 km WSW of Madrid at an altitude of 722 m.
Castille-La Mancha
40.6337° N, 3.1674° W
722 m
Europe/Madrid
161,683
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Guadalajara happened in April (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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