Is Rio Rancho safe? United States travel risk
Is Rio Rancho safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Rio Rancho scores 36/100 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.
Rio Rancho scores 36/100 (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 Rio Rancho: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 36 is higher than 32% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
In the New Mexico territory, Rio Rancho is established at 35.2873° N, 106.6982° W. It lies 2,651.2 km ENE relative to Washington. Time zone observed: America/Denver.
New Mexico
35.2873° N, 106.6982° W
1610 m
America/Denver
106,533
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (33 °C avg high); Wettest: August (32 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 9° | 12° | 17° | 23° | 28° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 29° | 23° | 15° | 9° |
| Low °C | -2° | -1° | 3° | 7° | 13° | 18° | 20° | 19° | 16° | 9° | 3° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 14 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 17 |
Normals: Albuquerque (20.8 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 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Rio Rancho happened in April (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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