Is Palencia safe? Spain travel risk
Is Palencia safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Palencia 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.
Palencia 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 Palencia: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (42/100).
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.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 42.0167° N, 4.5333° W within Castille-Leon, Palencia is situated 190.9 km SSE of Madrid at an altitude of 739 m.
Castille-Leon
42.0167° N, 4.5333° W
739 m
Europe/Madrid
76,738
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Spain)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Spain travel advice & laws.
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