Is Harlingen safe? United States travel risk
Is Harlingen safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Harlingen scores 38/100 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.
Harlingen scores 38/100 (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 Harlingen: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (58/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 38 is higher than the scores of 47% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Situated in Texas at 26.1916° N, 97.6977° W (elevation 12 m), Harlingen lies 2,389.5 km NE of Washington. Time zone: America/Chicago.
Texas
26.1916° N, 97.6977° W
12 m
America/Chicago
115,767
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Climate by Month
Hottest: August (33 °C avg high); Wettest: September (102 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 21° | 22° | 25° | 28° | 30° | 32° | 33° | 33° | 31° | 29° | 25° | 23° |
| Low °C | 14° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 19° | 15° |
| Rain mm | 40 | 35 | 29 | 51 | 54 | 54 | 45 | 56 | 102 | 65 | 41 | 32 |
Normals: Heroica Matamoros (39.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Harlingen happened in March and November (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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