Is Sun City West safe? United States travel risk
Is Sun City West safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Sun City West scores 37/100 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.
Sun City West scores 37/100 (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 Sun City West: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (54/100).
A score of 37 is higher than 35% of the cities we score.
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Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 33.6695° N, 112.3573° W in Arizona, Sun City West maintains a regional distance of 3,200.1 km ENE to Washington.
Arizona
33.6695° N, 112.3573° W
376 m
America/Phoenix
27,003
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (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 (27.1 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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