Is Gretna safe? United States travel risk
Is Gretna safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Gretna 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.
Gretna 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 Gretna: 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 29% of the cities we score.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Louisiana (29.9101° N, 90.0515° W), Gretna sits 1,556.1 km NE from Washington at 1 m elevation.
Louisiana
29.9101° N, 90.0515° W
1 m
America/Chicago
17,468
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (31 °C avg high); Wettest: August (157 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 15° | 17° | 20° | 23° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 26° | 20° | 16° |
| Low °C | 9° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 24° | 19° | 14° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 118 | 112 | 128 | 115 | 80 | 105 | 144 | 157 | 105 | 55 | 96 | 115 |
Normals: New Orleans (21.2 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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