Is San Bernardino safe? United States travel risk
Is San Bernardino safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
San Bernardino scores 45/100 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.
San Bernardino scores 45/100 (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 San Bernardino: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (75/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 45 is higher than 48% of the cities we score.
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Location & Spatial Data
Situated in California at 34.1416° N, 117.2943° W (elevation 321 m), San Bernardino lies 3,608.4 km ENE of Washington. Time zone: America/Los_Angeles.
California
34.1416° N, 117.2943° W
321 m
America/Los_Angeles
221,774
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
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 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfires | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of San Bernardino happened in January, April, June, August, November and December (6 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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