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Edinburg score: 38/100 (Moderate) Updated September 27, 2026

Is Edinburg safe? United States travel risk

Is Edinburg safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026

Edinburg 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.

Edinburg 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 Edinburg: 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 the scores of 47% of the 241 countries we cover.

Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.

Territorial & Position Context

Coordinates 26.3196° N, 98.1597° W place Edinburg within Texas at an elevation of 30 meters. Heading to Washington: 2,414.9 km NE.

Region
Texas
Coordinates
26.3196° N, 98.1597° W
Elevation
30 m
Time Zone
America/Chicago
Population
102,561
Nearest city with evaluated safety score: McAllen (13.6 km SW).

Critical Services & Regional Transit

Aviation Hub McAllen Miller International Airport (MFE) 17.8 km SSW
Hospital Care Edinburg Regional Medical Center 6.8 km SSW
Police Station Edinburg Police Department - Investigations 3.7 km S

Adjacent Localities in United States

Climate by Month

Hottest: August (36 °C avg high); Wettest: September (81 mm).

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High °C 22° 24° 29° 31° 33° 35° 36° 36° 33° 31° 27° 23°
Low °C 12° 13° 17° 20° 23° 25° 26° 26° 24° 21° 17° 13°
Rain mm 31 31 25 53 60 41 41 45 81 59 30 27

Normals: Reynosa (27.9 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 — — 1 — — — — — — — — —

Most flood events within 100 km of Edinburg happened in March and November (2 of 2 in five years).

Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.

For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the United States travel advice & laws.

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Regional Centers with Threat Ratings

McAllen 50
13.6 km SW
Weslaco 10
24.7 km SE
Reynosa 32
27.9 km SSW
Ciudad Río Bravo 15
37.8 km S
Harlingen 15
48.2 km ESE
Brownsville 15
78.7 km ESE

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Reference data: SimpleMaps (CC BY 4.0), GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, OurAirports, Open-Meteo, GDACS, USGS · Sources · Editorial Policy