Is Leganés safe? Spain travel risk
Is Leganés safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Leganés scores 28/100 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.
Leganés scores 28/100 (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 Leganés: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (38/100).
A score of 28 is higher than the scores of 21% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Local Geographic Profile
Situated in Madrid at 40.3281° N, 3.7644° W (elevation 672 m), Leganés lies 11.1 km NNE of Madrid. Time zone: Europe/Madrid.
Madrid
40.3281° N, 3.7644° W
672 m
Europe/Madrid
194,084
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Spain
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (32 °C avg high); Wettest: November (66 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 10° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 27° | 32° | 32° | 26° | 20° | 14° | 10° |
| Low °C | 1° | 2° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 15° | 18° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 5° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 39 | 44 | 46 | 45 | 43 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 54 | 66 | 49 |
Normals: Madrid (11.1 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Leganés happened in July (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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