Is Charlotte safe? United States travel risk
Is Charlotte safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Charlotte 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.
Charlotte 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 Charlotte: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (58/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 38 is higher than 38% of the cities we score.
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Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 35.2083° N, 80.8303° W place Charlotte within North Carolina at an elevation of 229 meters. Heading to Washington: 532.3 km NE.
North Carolina
35.2083° N, 80.8303° W
229 m
America/New_York
1,436,613
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (32 °C avg high); Wettest: August (131 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° | 10° | 15° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 19° | 12° | 6° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 103 | 94 | 103 | 84 | 82 | 92 | 113 | 131 | 86 | 59 | 85 | 108 |
Normals: Charlotte (0 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 | — | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Charlotte happened in July and August (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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