Is Glen Carbon safe? United States travel risk
Is Glen Carbon safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Glen Carbon scores 35/100 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.
Glen Carbon scores 35/100 (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 Glen Carbon: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 35 is higher than the scores of 42% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 38.7580° N, 89.9822° W in Illinois, Glen Carbon features an altitude of 142 m. The settlement is located 1,122.3 km E from Washington.
Illinois
38.7580° N, 89.9822° W
142 m
America/Chicago
13,521
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (33 °C avg high); Wettest: May (113 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 5° | 8° | 13° | 20° | 24° | 29° | 33° | 32° | 28° | 21° | 12° | 6° |
| Low °C | -4° | -2° | 3° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 11° | 4° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 54 | 60 | 103 | 110 | 113 | 106 | 67 | 73 | 65 | 72 | 93 | 77 |
Normals: St. Louis (26.5 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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