Is Greensboro safe? United States travel risk
Is Greensboro safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Greensboro 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.
Greensboro 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 Greensboro: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (69/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 41 is higher than 43% of the cities we score.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Coordinates 36.0956° N, 79.8271° W place Greensboro within North Carolina at an elevation of 266 meters. Heading to Washington: 398.8 km NE.
North Carolina
36.0956° N, 79.8271° W
266 m
America/New_York
345,858
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (32 °C avg high); Wettest: August (127 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 8° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 25° | 30° | 32° | 30° | 27° | 22° | 15° | 10° |
| Low °C | -1° | 1° | 4° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 11° | 5° | 1° |
| Rain mm | 101 | 91 | 103 | 89 | 90 | 94 | 108 | 127 | 89 | 59 | 91 | 107 |
Normals: Winston-Salem (39 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 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Greensboro happened in July, August and September (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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