Safety & Advisories
Mexico is Level 2 overall, but six states are do-not-travel and two are Level 1. Cancún, Los Cabos and Mexico City all sit at Level 2.
By Bishnu Adhikari · Sep 21, 2026
Mexico as a whole carries a Level 2 US travel advisory, "exercise increased caution" — but the State Department rates it state by state, and the range runs from do-not-travel to the lowest level it has. Six states are Level 4, including Guerrero, home to…
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Mexico has 31 states and a capital, and the advisory places every one of them. This is the current advisory, last reissued on 12 August 2025. The advisory also asks US citizens to follow the rules it sets for its own staff everywhere in the country: no…
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The resort corridors most Americans book are Level 2, and several famous names sit inside Level 4 states. That second half is what catches people out. Two details are easy to miss. Guerrero's rating explicitly covers its tourist towns — the advisory names…
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A state's level describes the state, not every street in it, and the advisory is written that way. Several Level 4 entries carve out named areas — central Mazatlán, the tourist core of Manzanillo — where US government staff may still go under…
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Cancún is in Quintana Roo, which the State Department rates Level 2, exercise increased caution. It advises extra care after dark in downtown Cancún, Tulum and Playa del Carmen, and staying in well-lit tourist zones.
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Six: Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas and Zacatecas, in the advisory last reissued on 12 August 2025.
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Acapulco is in Guerrero, a Level 4 do-not-travel state. The advisory names Acapulco specifically and says US government employees may not travel anywhere in Guerrero.
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In July 2026, 1,692,593 US residents entered Mexico as non-border tourists, 72.0% of the total, according to INEGI's preliminary figures. Sources: US Department of State, Mexico travel advisory (last reissued 12 August 2025), read from the Department's own…
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