City vs city
Santa Monica vs West Hollywood, CA
West Hollywood currently scores 5 points higher overall than Santa Monica, with the largest gap in tornado.
Use this comparison for relocation decisions, insurance shopping, and hazard-prioritized mitigation planning.
Hazard breakdown
Scores describe each city’s reference grid tile, not every property. A missing model is unavailable, not zero risk. Air quality uses an ingested EPA AirNow snapshot and may not reflect current conditions; other factors describe baseline exposure. The overall score blends different hazards and is not a probability of damage. Read the scoring methodology and sources.
Overall
Santa Monica: 21/100 · West Hollywood: 26/100
West Hollywood is 5 points higher.
Flood
Santa Monica: 31/100 · West Hollywood: 33/100
West Hollywood is 2 points higher.
Santa Monica: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 6 features intersect this tile.
West Hollywood: FEMA NFHL flood zones: 9 features intersect this tile.
Wind
Santa Monica: 4/100 · West Hollywood: 4/100
No gap.
Santa Monica: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
West Hollywood: Wind exposure derived from ingested design wind / climatology tiles.
Lightning
Santa Monica: 0/100 · West Hollywood: 0/100
No gap.
Santa Monica: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
West Hollywood: Lightning exposure derived from ingested climatology tiles.
Tornado
Santa Monica: 4/100 · West Hollywood: 0/100
Santa Monica is 4 points higher.
Santa Monica: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
West Hollywood: Tornado risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Hail
Santa Monica: 1/100 · West Hollywood: 1/100
No gap.
Santa Monica: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
West Hollywood: Hail risk derived from NOAA SPC historical reports.
Storm surge
Santa Monica: Unavailable · West Hollywood: Unavailable
A score difference cannot be calculated without both sources.
Santa Monica: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
West Hollywood: Storm surge model is not available for this location yet.
Wildfire
Santa Monica: 65/100 · West Hollywood: 68/100
West Hollywood is 3 points higher.
Santa Monica: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
West Hollywood: Wildfire exposure derived from ingested fire potential tiles.
Ingested air quality
Santa Monica: 22/100 · West Hollywood: 26/100
West Hollywood is 4 points higher.
Santa Monica: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.
West Hollywood: Air quality score derived from the latest ingested EPA AirNow AQI grid; may not reflect current conditions. See methodology for the recorded ingest date.