Is Babylon safe? United States travel risk
Is Babylon safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Babylon scores 41/100 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.
Babylon scores 41/100 (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 Babylon: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (63/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 41 is higher than the scores of 54% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Situated in New York at 40.6925° N, 73.3586° W (elevation 2 m), Babylon lies 370.3 km WSW of Washington. Time zone: America/New_York.
New York
40.6925° N, 73.3586° W
2 m
America/New_York
217,860
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (29 °C avg high); Wettest: December (110 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 4° | 5° | 9° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 29° | 28° | 24° | 19° | 11° | 6° |
| Low °C | -4° | -3° | 1° | 7° | 11° | 17° | 21° | 21° | 17° | 11° | 5° | -1° |
| Rain mm | 92 | 77 | 96 | 102 | 97 | 92 | 83 | 101 | 85 | 83 | 100 | 110 |
Normals: Queens (37.5 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 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Babylon happened in September (2 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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