Is Fresno safe? United States travel risk
Is Fresno safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Fresno scores 43/100 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.
Fresno scores 43/100 (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 Fresno: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (66/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 43 is higher than 46% of the cities we score.
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Local Geographic Profile
Found at 36.7830° N, 119.7939° W within California, Fresno is situated 3,729.2 km ENE of Washington at an altitude of 94 m.
California
36.7830° N, 119.7939° W
94 m
America/Los_Angeles
724,547
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (38 °C avg high); Wettest: January (83 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 15° | 17° | 19° | 24° | 29° | 34° | 38° | 37° | 33° | 27° | 19° | 15° |
| Low °C | 5° | 6° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 83 | 78 | 77 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 50 | 62 |
Normals: Fresno (0 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 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Fresno happened in June, July and September (6 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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