Is Grand Rapids safe? United States travel risk
Is Grand Rapids safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Grand Rapids scores 41/100 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.
Grand Rapids scores 41/100 (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 Grand Rapids: 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 41 is higher than the scores of 54% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
In the Michigan territory, Grand Rapids is established at 42.9619° N, 85.6562° W. It lies 853.9 km ESE relative to Washington. Time zone observed: America/Detroit.
Michigan
42.9619° N, 85.6562° W
195 m
America/Detroit
611,480
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (28 °C avg high); Wettest: June (97 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | -1° | 0° | 6° | 14° | 19° | 25° | 28° | 27° | 23° | 16° | 7° | 1° |
| Low °C | -8° | -8° | -3° | 4° | 9° | 15° | 19° | 18° | 15° | 8° | 1° | -5° |
| Rain mm | 51 | 51 | 68 | 90 | 92 | 97 | 78 | 79 | 85 | 79 | 82 | 67 |
Normals: Grand Rapids (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Grand Rapids happened in March and May (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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