Is Merced safe? United States travel risk
Is Merced safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Merced scores 42/100 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.
Merced scores 42/100 (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 Merced: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (60/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 42 is higher than 45% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
Merced belongs to California (United States), centered at coordinates 37.3057° N, 120.4779° W (52 m above sea level). Distance to Washington is 3,770.7 km towards the ENE.
California
37.3057° N, 120.4779° W
52 m
America/Los_Angeles
163,257
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (37 °C avg high); Wettest: January (82 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 15° | 17° | 19° | 24° | 29° | 33° | 37° | 36° | 33° | 27° | 19° | 14° |
| Low °C | 5° | 6° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 19° | 17° | 13° | 9° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 82 | 79 | 72 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 54 | 73 |
Normals: Delhi (29.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Merced happened in July (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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