Is Raleigh safe? United States travel risk
Is Raleigh safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Raleigh scores 41/100 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.
Raleigh scores 41/100 (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 Raleigh: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals.
Driven by: natural hazards (69/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 41 is higher than 43% of the cities we score.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Found at 35.8324° N, 78.6429° W within North Carolina, Raleigh is situated 370.6 km NNE of Washington at an altitude of 96 m.
North Carolina
35.8324° N, 78.6429° W
96 m
America/New_York
1,150,010
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (32 °C avg high); Wettest: August (141 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 10° | 12° | 17° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 32° | 31° | 28° | 23° | 16° | 11° |
| Low °C | 1° | 2° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 22° | 19° | 13° | 7° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 103 | 91 | 97 | 87 | 86 | 108 | 122 | 141 | 92 | 62 | 87 | 101 |
Normals: Raleigh (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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Raleigh happened in July (2 of 4 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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