Is Buffalo Grove safe? United States travel risk
Is Buffalo Grove safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Buffalo Grove scores 36/100 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.
Buffalo Grove scores 36/100 (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 Buffalo Grove: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 42.1675° N, 87.9615° W in Illinois, Buffalo Grove maintains a regional distance of 992.6 km ESE to Washington.
Illinois
42.1675° N, 87.9615° W
207 m
America/Chicago
42,824
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (28 °C avg high); Wettest: May (100 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | -1° | 0° | 5° | 12° | 17° | 24° | 28° | 27° | 23° | 16° | 8° | 1° |
| Low °C | -7° | -6° | -1° | 5° | 11° | 17° | 22° | 21° | 17° | 10° | 3° | -4° |
| Rain mm | 50 | 52 | 72 | 89 | 100 | 94 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 80 | 61 |
Normals: Chicago (42.3 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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