Is Germantown safe? United States travel risk
Is Germantown safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Germantown 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.
Germantown 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 Germantown: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
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.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Found at 39.1755° N, 77.2643° W within Maryland, Germantown is situated 37.0 km SE of Washington at an altitude of 134 m.
Maryland
39.1755° N, 77.2643° W
134 m
America/New_York
90,521
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (32 °C avg high); Wettest: August (107 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 8° | 13° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 32° | 31° | 27° | 21° | 13° | 8° |
| Low °C | -3° | -2° | 3° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 22° | 21° | 18° | 11° | 5° | -0° |
| Rain mm | 85 | 70 | 86 | 94 | 89 | 100 | 80 | 107 | 87 | 66 | 91 | 99 |
Normals: Washington, D.C. (35.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Germantown happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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