Travel Risk Atlas

Honduras

Central America · Capital Tegucigalpa

Level 3 United States Reconsider Travel FCDO United Kingdom No advisory against travel Yellow Netherlands Yellow — pay attention Level 2 Canada Exercise a high degree of caution AA Germany No warning in force

Each opens that government's own advisory for Honduras — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

47.4 Moderate risk
Atlas Risk Score · 161st safest of 220
Copán — Honduras
Photo: Adalberto Hernandez Vega from Copan Ruinas, Honduras / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Where the risk actually is

Checked by hand against all five government advisories in July 2026: no part of Honduras currently carries a warning against travel. The colour shows the general caution level only.

Atlántida — Travel with cautionCholuteca — Travel with cautionColón — Travel with cautionComayagua — Travel with cautionCopán — Travel with cautionCortés — Travel with cautionEl Paraíso — Travel with cautionFrancisco Morazán — Travel with cautionGracias a Dios — Travel with cautionIntibucá — Travel with cautionIslas de la Bahía — Travel with cautionIslas de la Bahía — Travel with cautionIslas de la Bahía — Travel with cautionIslas de la Bahía — Travel with cautionLa Paz — Travel with cautionLempira — Travel with cautionOcotepeque — Travel with cautionOlancho — Travel with cautionSanta Bárbara — Travel with cautionValle — Travel with cautionValle — Travel with cautionValle — Travel with cautionYoro — Travel with cautionLago de Izabal
What governments advise Travel with caution

What this means in practice

  • Whole country — Travel with caution. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The base colour reflects general caution levels only. Violent crime is high nationally, but no government singles out a region to avoid.

Advisories change without warning. Check the official one for your own nationality — linked at the top of this page — before you book.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Crime
15% of score
68/100
208th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly earthquakes, tsunami, flooding, drought, cyclones
58/100
191st of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
54/100
161st of 220
Political stability
10% of score
52/100
172nd of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
49/100
151st of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
40/100
131st of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
27/100
146th of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
59/100

Biggest factor here: crime. Violent crime levels and how reliably the law is enforced.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
911
Police, fire and ambulance
Currency
HNL L
Languages
Spanish
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: 90 days visa-free · UK: Visa required
Population
11.0m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Tegucigalpa
Driving
On the right
16.1 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type A, B
110-127V
Safely managed water
66%
Patchy — many households lack it · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+504
GDP per capita
$4k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
2.3m
International arrivals, 2019
Malaria risk
8.9/10
INFORM exposure score — see a travel clinic

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Tegucigalpa, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around November to March.

Daytime high hot extreme heat
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain.

Compare with neighbours

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for Honduras:

CDC Travelers' HealthTravelHealthPro (NHS/UKHSA)

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.