Is Chapel Hill safe? United States travel risk
Is Chapel Hill safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Chapel Hill 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.
Chapel Hill 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 Chapel Hill: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: natural hazards (68/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 40 is higher than 41% of the cities we score.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 35.9271° N, 79.0391° W in North Carolina, Chapel Hill features an altitude of 148 m. The settlement is located 376.2 km NNE from Washington.
North Carolina
35.9271° N, 79.0391° W
148 m
America/New_York
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Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (32 °C avg high); Wettest: August (141 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 10° | 12° | 17° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 32° | 31° | 28° | 23° | 16° | 11° |
| Low °C | 1° | 2° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 22° | 19° | 13° | 7° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 103 | 91 | 97 | 87 | 86 | 108 | 122 | 141 | 92 | 62 | 87 | 101 |
Normals: Raleigh (37.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Chapel Hill happened in July, August and September (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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