Is Missoula safe? United States travel risk
Is Missoula safe right now? Checked 23 October 2026
Missoula 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.
Missoula 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 Missoula: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 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 38% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Missoula belongs to Montana (United States), centered at coordinates 46.8751° N, 114.0214° W (978 m above sea level). Distance to Washington is 3,110.1 km towards the E.
Montana
46.8751° N, 114.0214° W
978 m
America/Denver
92,942
Emergency & Aviation Access
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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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Missoula happened in August (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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