Is Waterbury safe? United States travel risk
Is Waterbury safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Waterbury scores 40/100 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.
Waterbury scores 40/100 (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 Waterbury: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 40 is higher than the scores of 52% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Waterbury belongs to Connecticut (United States), centered at coordinates 41.5582° N, 73.0361° W (82 m above sea level). Distance to Washington is 448.5 km towards the SW.
Connecticut
41.5582° N, 73.0361° W
82 m
America/New_York
199,965
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (29 °C avg high); Wettest: December (104 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 2° | 4° | 9° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 29° | 28° | 24° | 18° | 10° | 4° |
| Low °C | -7° | -6° | -2° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 19° | 15° | 9° | 2° | -4° |
| Rain mm | 90 | 73 | 89 | 99 | 92 | 95 | 92 | 98 | 87 | 88 | 103 | 104 |
Normals: Hartford (37.3 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 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Waterbury happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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