Is Federal Way safe? United States travel risk
Is Federal Way safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Federal Way scores 37/100 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.
Federal Way scores 37/100 (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 Federal Way: 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 37 is higher than the scores of 46% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Found at 47.3091° N, 122.3358° W within Washington, Federal Way is situated 3,739.5 km E of Washington at an altitude of 141 m.
Washington
47.3091° N, 122.3358° W
141 m
America/Los_Angeles
99,232
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (26 °C avg high); Wettest: November (201 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 7° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 26° | 21° | 15° | 9° | 6° |
| Low °C | 1° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 14° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 191 | 139 | 142 | 105 | 78 | 61 | 14 | 24 | 61 | 156 | 201 | 189 |
Normals: Seattle (34.7 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Federal Way happened in September (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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