Is Allentown safe? United States travel risk
Is Allentown safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Allentown scores 38/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Allentown scores 38/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Allentown: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 38 is higher than the scores of 47% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Found at 40.5961° N, 75.4756° W within Pennsylvania, Allentown is situated 229.6 km SW of Washington at an altitude of 103 m.
Pennsylvania
40.5961° N, 75.4756° W
103 m
America/New_York
632,175
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (30 °C avg high); Wettest: December (108 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 3° | 5° | 10° | 17° | 21° | 26° | 30° | 29° | 25° | 19° | 10° | 5° |
| Low °C | -6° | -5° | -0° | 6° | 10° | 16° | 19° | 19° | 15° | 9° | 3° | -3° |
| Rain mm | 87 | 74 | 94 | 103 | 105 | 103 | 87 | 105 | 99 | 80 | 97 | 108 |
Normals: Allentown (0 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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