Is Torrance safe? United States travel risk
Is Torrance safe right now? Checked 17 October 2026
Torrance scores 43/100 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.
Torrance scores 43/100 (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 Torrance: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (74/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 43 is higher than 46% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Torrance belongs to California (United States), centered at coordinates 33.8346° N, 118.3416° W (27 m above sea level). Distance to Washington is 3,710.8 km towards the ENE.
California
33.8346° N, 118.3416° W
27 m
America/Los_Angeles
143,499
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 (25.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Wildfires | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Torrance happened in January (3 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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