Is West Palm Beach safe? United States travel risk
Is West Palm Beach safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
West Palm Beach scores 41/100 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.
West Palm Beach scores 41/100 (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 West Palm Beach: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (54/100).
A score of 41 is higher than the scores of 54% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Geographically located in Florida (26.7469° N, 80.1320° W), West Palm Beach sits 1,382.6 km N from Washington at 4 m elevation.
Florida
26.7469° N, 80.1320° W
4 m
America/New_York
119,508
Emergency & Aviation Access
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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 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of West Palm Beach happened in March (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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