Is Santa Cruz safe? Spain travel risk
Is Santa Cruz safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Santa Cruz 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.
Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz: 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.
Consult the Spain travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 28.4667° N, 16.2500° W within Canary Islands, Santa Cruz is situated 1,753.9 km NE of Madrid.
Canary Islands
28.4667° N, 16.2500° W
Lowland
UTC
538,000
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in Spain
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (25 °C avg high); Wettest: December (38 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 21° |
| Low °C | 17° | 17° | 17° | 17° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 37 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 38 |
Normals: Santa Cruz (0 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Santa Cruz happened in January, March and April (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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