Is Hayward safe? United States travel risk
Is Hayward safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Hayward 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.
Hayward 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 Hayward: 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 38 is higher than 38% of the cities we score.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Hayward belongs to California (United States), centered at coordinates 37.6328° N, 122.0766° W (34 m above sea level). Distance to Washington is 3,895.8 km towards the ENE.
California
37.6328° N, 122.0766° W
34 m
America/Los_Angeles
159,201
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Climate by Month
Hottest: September (22 °C avg high); Wettest: January (94 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 13° | 14° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 20° | 16° | 13° |
| Low °C | 5° | 6° | 7° | 8° | 9° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 8° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 94 | 84 | 73 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 54 | 82 |
Normals: San Francisco (35.2 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 Hayward happened in February and December (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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