Is Imperial Beach safe? United States travel risk
Is Imperial Beach safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Imperial Beach scores 51/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). 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.
Imperial Beach scores 51/100 (Elevated). 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 Imperial Beach: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (61/100) and natural hazards (65/100).
A score of 51 is higher than 66% of the cities we score.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Charted at coordinates 32.5693° N, 117.1180° W in California, Imperial Beach maintains a regional distance of 3,657.2 km ENE to Washington.
California
32.5693° N, 117.1180° W
6 m
America/Los_Angeles
25,897
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (25 °C avg high); Wettest: February (60 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 17° | 17° | 17° | 19° | 20° | 22° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 17° |
| Low °C | 9° | 9° | 10° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 18° | 19° | 18° | 16° | 12° | 9° |
| Rain mm | 54 | 60 | 56 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 56 |
Normals: Tijuana (9.6 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Imperial Beach happened in January (2 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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