Is Desert Hot Springs safe? United States travel risk
Is Desert Hot Springs safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Desert Hot Springs scores 42/100 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.
Desert Hot Springs scores 42/100 (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 Desert Hot Springs: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (60/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 42 is higher than 45% of the cities we score.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Coordinates 33.9550° N, 116.5429° W place Desert Hot Springs within California at an elevation of 328 meters. Heading to Washington: 3,550.8 km ENE.
California
33.9550° N, 116.5429° W
328 m
America/Los_Angeles
32,786
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (42 °C avg high); Wettest: February (27 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 21° | 23° | 26° | 30° | 35° | 40° | 42° | 42° | 38° | 32° | 25° | 20° |
| Low °C | 10° | 11° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 28° | 28° | 25° | 19° | 14° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 21 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
Normals: Indio (37.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Desert Hot Springs happened in August and November (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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