Is Santa Monica safe? United States travel risk
Is Santa Monica safe right now? Checked 23 October 2026
Santa Monica scores 42/100 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.
Santa Monica scores 42/100 (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 Santa Monica: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (73/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 42 is higher than 45% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Santa Monica belongs to California (United States), centered at coordinates 34.0235° N, 118.4810° W (32 m above sea level). Distance to Washington is 3,715.4 km towards the ENE.
California
34.0235° N, 118.4810° W
32 m
America/Los_Angeles
91,535
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: August (33 °C avg high); Wettest: February (70 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 20° | 21° | 24° | 27° | 30° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 29° | 23° | 19° |
| Low °C | 7° | 7° | 8° | 10° | 13° | 15° | 19° | 19° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 7° |
| Rain mm | 65 | 70 | 59 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 50 |
Normals: Los Angeles (22.1 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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