Is Wilmington safe? United States travel risk
Is Wilmington safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Wilmington 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.
Wilmington 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 Wilmington: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (60/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 39 is higher than 40% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
In the North Carolina territory, Wilmington is established at 34.2099° N, 77.8866° W. It lies 527.8 km N relative to Washington. Time zone observed: America/New_York.
North Carolina
34.2099° N, 77.8866° W
9 m
America/New_York
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Wilmington happened in July (2 of 2 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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