Is Elk Grove safe? United States travel risk
Is Elk Grove safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Elk Grove 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.
Elk Grove 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 Elk Grove: 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 38 is higher than 38% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
Situated in California at 38.4161° N, 121.3842° W (elevation 14 m), Elk Grove lies 3,813.9 km ENE of Washington. Time zone: America/Los_Angeles.
California
38.4161° N, 121.3842° W
14 m
America/Los_Angeles
177,221
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (36 °C avg high); Wettest: January (112 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 14° | 16° | 18° | 23° | 28° | 33° | 36° | 35° | 32° | 26° | 18° | 14° |
| Low °C | 5° | 6° | 7° | 9° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 112 | 106 | 85 | 44 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 75 | 112 |
Normals: Sacramento (18.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Elk Grove happened in August and September (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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