Is Columbia Heights safe? United States travel risk
Is Columbia Heights safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Columbia Heights scores 35/100 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.
Columbia Heights scores 35/100 (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 Columbia Heights: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 35 is higher than 29% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
In the Minnesota territory, Columbia Heights is established at 45.0484° N, 93.2472° W. It lies 1,501.9 km ESE relative to Washington. Time zone observed: America/Chicago.
Minnesota
45.0484° N, 93.2472° W
281 m
America/Chicago
22,016
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (29 °C avg high); Wettest: June (111 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | -5° | -2° | 5° | 14° | 20° | 25° | 29° | 28° | 23° | 15° | 4° | -3° |
| Low °C | -13° | -11° | -5° | 3° | 10° | 16° | 19° | 19° | 14° | 7° | -2° | -11° |
| Rain mm | 28 | 29 | 54 | 83 | 99 | 111 | 86 | 92 | 99 | 61 | 57 | 33 |
Normals: Minneapolis (9.6 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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