Is El Centro safe? United States travel risk
Is El Centro safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
El Centro scores 40/100 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.
El Centro scores 40/100 (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 El Centro: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 40 is higher than 41% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 32.7865° N, 115.5595° W in California, El Centro features an altitude of -12 m. The settlement is located 3,513.2 km ENE from Washington.
California
32.7865° N, 115.5595° W
-12 m
America/Los_Angeles
44,186
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (43 °C avg high); Wettest: August (13 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 22° | 24° | 28° | 32° | 37° | 41° | 43° | 42° | 40° | 34° | 26° | 21° |
| Low °C | 8° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 28° | 28° | 24° | 18° | 12° | 8° |
| Rain mm | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
Normals: Mexicali (16.2 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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