Is Gastonia safe? United States travel risk
Is Gastonia safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Gastonia 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.
Gastonia 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 Gastonia: 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 35% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Gastonia belongs to North Carolina (United States), centered at coordinates 35.2494° N, 81.1854° W (245 m above sea level). Distance to Washington is 549.4 km towards the NE.
North Carolina
35.2494° N, 81.1854° W
245 m
America/New_York
189,767
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (32 °C avg high); Wettest: August (131 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 10° | 12° | 17° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 32° | 31° | 28° | 23° | 16° | 11° |
| Low °C | 1° | 2° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 19° | 12° | 6° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 103 | 94 | 103 | 84 | 82 | 92 | 113 | 131 | 86 | 59 | 85 | 108 |
Normals: Charlotte (32.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Gastonia happened in August (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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