Is Damascus safe? United States travel risk
Is Damascus safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Damascus scores 37/100 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.
Damascus scores 37/100 (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 Damascus: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (54/100).
A score of 37 is higher than the scores of 46% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Damascus belongs to Maryland (United States), centered at coordinates 39.2701° N, 77.1957° W (264 m above sea level). Distance to Washington is 43.5 km towards the SSE.
Maryland
39.2701° N, 77.1957° W
264 m
America/New_York
16,864
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (32 °C avg high); Wettest: August (107 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 8° | 13° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 32° | 31° | 27° | 21° | 13° | 8° |
| Low °C | -3° | -2° | 3° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 22° | 21° | 18° | 11° | 5° | -0° |
| Rain mm | 85 | 70 | 86 | 94 | 89 | 100 | 80 | 107 | 87 | 66 | 91 | 99 |
Normals: Washington, D.C. (42.6 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 | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Damascus happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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