Is Scottsdale safe? United States travel risk
Is Scottsdale safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Scottsdale scores 38/100 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.
Scottsdale scores 38/100 (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 Scottsdale: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (58/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 38 is higher than 38% of the cities we score.
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Local Geographic Profile
Positioned at 33.6872° N, 111.8651° W in Arizona, Scottsdale features an altitude of 383 m. The settlement is located 3,156.8 km ENE from Washington.
Arizona
33.6872° N, 111.8651° W
383 m
America/Phoenix
242,169
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (41 °C avg high); Wettest: August (46 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 19° | 21° | 25° | 30° | 35° | 40° | 41° | 39° | 38° | 32° | 24° | 18° |
| Low °C | 5° | 6° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 27° | 24° | 16° | 9° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 21 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 46 | 22 | 10 | 19 | 37 |
Normals: Phoenix (24.4 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 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Scottsdale happened in April, July and August (3 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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