Is Nashville safe? United States travel risk
Is Nashville safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Nashville scores 40/100 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.
Nashville scores 40/100 (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 Nashville: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: natural hazards (65/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 40 is higher than the scores of 52% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Positioned at 36.1715° N, 86.7842° W in Tennessee, Nashville features an altitude of 170 m. The settlement is located 912.7 km ENE from Washington.
Tennessee
36.1715° N, 86.7842° W
170 m
America/Chicago
1,178,679
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (33 °C avg high); Wettest: March (137 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 8° | 11° | 15° | 21° | 25° | 30° | 33° | 32° | 29° | 23° | 15° | 9° |
| Low °C | -1° | 1° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 22° | 19° | 12° | 6° | 1° |
| Rain mm | 113 | 103 | 137 | 121 | 99 | 89 | 99 | 96 | 66 | 74 | 97 | 131 |
Normals: Nashville (0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Nashville happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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