Is Mesquite safe? United States travel risk
Is Mesquite safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Mesquite scores 37/100 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.
Mesquite scores 37/100 (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 Mesquite: 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 37 is higher than 35% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 32.7602° N, 96.5865° W in Texas, Mesquite maintains a regional distance of 1,887.1 km ENE to Washington.
Texas
32.7602° N, 96.5865° W
151 m
America/Chicago
148,848
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (36 °C avg high); Wettest: May (119 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 13° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 28° | 33° | 36° | 35° | 32° | 26° | 19° | 14° |
| Low °C | 4° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 23° | 16° | 10° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 71 | 59 | 94 | 116 | 119 | 55 | 37 | 60 | 52 | 82 | 82 | 71 |
Normals: Dallas (17.2 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 | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Mesquite happened in October (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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