Is Durham safe? United States travel risk
Is Durham safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Durham scores 41/100 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.
Durham scores 41/100 (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 Durham: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: natural hazards (69/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 41 is higher than 43% of the cities we score.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in North Carolina (35.9792° N, 78.9022° W), Durham sits 365.4 km NNE from Washington at 123 m elevation.
North Carolina
35.9792° N, 78.9022° W
123 m
America/New_York
411,362
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
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 (28.5 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Durham happened in July (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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