Is Marbella safe? Spain travel risk
Is Marbella safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Marbella 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.
Marbella 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 Marbella: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (41/100).
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.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Marbella belongs to Andalusia (Spain), centered at coordinates 36.5167° N, 4.8833° W (57 m above sea level). Distance to Madrid is 445.7 km towards the NNE.
Andalusia
36.5167° N, 4.8833° W
57 m
Europe/Madrid
159,000
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements 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 (47.1 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 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Marbella happened in January, March and December (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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