Is Bellingham safe? United States travel risk
Is Bellingham safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Bellingham scores 40/100 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.
Bellingham scores 40/100 (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 Bellingham: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (66/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 40 is higher than the scores of 52% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Bellingham belongs to Washington (United States), centered at coordinates 48.7548° N, 122.4690° W (21 m above sea level). Distance to Washington is 3,745.4 km towards the E.
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48.7548° N, 122.4690° W
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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 | 1 | 3 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Bellingham happened in December (3 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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