Last verified: Saturday, 27. April 2024 at 08:23 AM
Last verified: Saturday, 27. April 2024 at 08:23 AM
We advise caution when travelling to Guatemala We advise caution when travelling to Guatemala. We detected travel advisories from 5 sources for this specific country.
Guatemala shares a land border with 4 neighbouring states. For this region of countries (including Guatemala), the Advisory Index is 3.3 (average value over all countries). All countries have some reported advisories: Mexico (3.6), Honduras (3.4), El Salvador with 3.3 and Belize with 3 (of 5).
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Guatemala. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Guatemala.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Guatemala.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Guatemala from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.4 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution in Guatemala due to violent crime and civil unrest (level 2 of 4).
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
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Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed. Reconsider travel to Guatemala due to crime. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do not travel to: San Marcos Department (except the city of San Marcos) due to crime. Huehuetenango Department (except the city of Huehuetenango) due to crime. Zone 18 and the city of ...
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Guatemala. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Guatemala changed from 3.8 to 3.7. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government decreased their existing warning for Guatemala to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 5.0 (by -1.0).
The total rating for Guatemala changed from 3.3 to 3.8. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Guatemala to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +3.0).
The total rating for Guatemala changed from 3.2 to 3.3. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government increased their existing warning for Guatemala to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Guatemala changed from 3.0 to 3.2. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government increased their existing warning for Guatemala to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Guatemala changed from 2.6 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for Guatemala with a rating of 4.0.
The Irish government increased their existing warning for Guatemala to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Guatemala changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government issued a new warning for Guatemala with a rating of 2.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Guatemala with a rating of 3.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Guatemala with a rating of 2.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for Guatemala with a rating of 3.0.
The Finnish government issued a new warning for Guatemala with a rating of 3.0.
Guatemala with its capital New Guatemala is a country in North America (Central America), slightly smaller than Tennessee (108,890 km²). The country is located Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize. The climate can be described as tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands. The landscape is mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau. With a population of about 13 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | New Guatemala |
| Population | about 13 million |
| Size | 108.890 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly smaller than Tennessee |
| Common languages | Spanish |
| Currency | Quetzal (short: GTQ) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 120V - 60Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 850/1900 |
| International phone prefix | +502 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .gt |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | GT |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | GTM |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 320 |
These are problems Guatemala is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Guatemala. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Guatemala.
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Guatemala is currently rated at 3,4 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 5 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to Guatemala.
Visiting the country Guatemala is usually fine. The score is at 3,4 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 5 individual sources for Guatemala.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Guatemala. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in Guatemala.
Guatemala has a size of 108,890 km² or 42,043 mi² which is slightly smaller than Tennessee.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
Mexico (3.6)
Honduras (3.4)
El Salvador (3.3)
Belize (3.0)