Is Wichita safe? United States travel risk
Is Wichita safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Wichita scores 39/100 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.
Wichita scores 39/100 (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 Wichita: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (63/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 39 is higher than 40% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
Found at 37.6895° N, 97.3443° W within Kansas, Wichita is situated 1,775.4 km E of Washington at an altitude of 396 m.
Kansas
37.6895° N, 97.3443° W
396 m
America/Chicago
501,760
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (34 °C avg high); Wettest: May (149 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 7° | 10° | 15° | 21° | 25° | 30° | 34° | 33° | 29° | 22° | 13° | 7° |
| Low °C | -3° | -2° | 3° | 9° | 15° | 20° | 24° | 23° | 19° | 12° | 4° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 27 | 31 | 68 | 91 | 149 | 126 | 74 | 80 | 74 | 65 | 56 | 36 |
Normals: Wichita (0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfires | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most wildfire events within 100 km of Wichita happened in April (3 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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