Is Trenton safe? United States travel risk
Is Trenton safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Trenton 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.
Trenton 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 Trenton: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (60/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 42 is higher than the scores of 54% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Geographically located in New Jersey (40.2237° N, 74.7641° W), Trenton sits 242.4 km SW from Washington at 17 m elevation.
New Jersey
40.2237° N, 74.7641° W
17 m
America/New_York
362,501
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (30 °C avg high); Wettest: December (106 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 4° | 6° | 11° | 18° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 29° | 26° | 20° | 12° | 7° |
| Low °C | -4° | -3° | 1° | 7° | 12° | 17° | 21° | 21° | 17° | 11° | 4° | -1° |
| Rain mm | 87 | 74 | 93 | 98 | 95 | 95 | 84 | 101 | 93 | 76 | 91 | 106 |
Normals: Philadelphia (39.6 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 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Trenton happened in September (2 of 3 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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