Travel Risk Atlas

North Macedonia

Southeast Europe · Capital Skopje

Level 1 United States Exercise Normal Precautions FCDO United Kingdom No advisory against travel Green Netherlands Green — you can travel Level 1 Canada Take normal security precautions AA Germany No warning in force

Each opens that government's own advisory for North Macedonia — the authoritative version, updated far faster than this page.

17.5 Very low risk
Atlas Risk Score · 53rd safest of 220
brown concrete building near body of water during daytime
Photo: Kristijan Arsov / Unsplash

Where the risk actually is

Risk is rarely spread evenly across a country. The base colour is the code the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs gives North Macedonia as a whole; shaded regions are those the UK Foreign Office names in an advisory against travel.

Aerodrom — No specific warningAračinovo — No specific warningBerovo — No specific warningBitola — No specific warningBogdanci — No specific warningBogovinje — No specific warningBosilovo — No specific warningBrod — No specific warningBrvenica — No specific warningButel — No specific warningCentar župa — No specific warningCentar — No specific warningDebarca — No specific warningDebar — No specific warningDelčevo — No specific warningDemir Hisar — No specific warningDemir Kapija — No specific warningDojran — No specific warningDolneni — No specific warningDrugovo — No specific warningGazi Baba — No specific warningGevgelija — No specific warningGjorče Petrov — No specific warningGostivar — No specific warningGradsko — No specific warningIlinden — No specific warningJegunovce — No specific warningKarbinci — No specific warningKarpoš — No specific warningKavadartsi — No specific warningKisela Voda — No specific warningKičevo — No specific warningKonče — No specific warningKočani — No specific warningKratovo — No specific warningKriva Palanka — No specific warningKrivogaštani — No specific warningKruševo — No specific warningKumanovo — No specific warningLipkovo — No specific warningLozovo — No specific warningMakedonska Kamenica — No specific warningMavrovo and Rostusa — No specific warningMogila — No specific warningNegotino — No specific warningNovaci — No specific warningNovo Selo — No specific warningOhrid — No specific warningOslomej — No specific warningPehčevo — No specific warningPlasnica — No specific warningPrilep — No specific warningProbištip — No specific warningRadoviš — No specific warningRankovce — No specific warningResen — No specific warningRosoman — No specific warningSaraj — No specific warningSkopje — No specific warningSopište — No specific warningStaro Nagoričane — No specific warningStruga — No specific warningStrumitsa — No specific warningStudeničani — No specific warningSveti Nikole — No specific warningTearce — No specific warningTetovo — No specific warningValandovo — No specific warningVasilevo — No specific warningVeles — No specific warningVevčani — No specific warningVinica — No specific warningVraneštica — No specific warningVrapcište — No specific warningZajas — No specific warningZelenikovo — No specific warningZrnovci — No specific warningČair — No specific warningČaška — No specific warningČešinovo-Obleševo — No specific warningČučer Sandevo — No specific warningŠtip — No specific warningŠuto Orizari — No specific warningŽelino — No specific warning
What governments advise No specific warning

What the warnings actually cover

  • Whole country — No specific warning. No government currently advises against travel to any part of this country. The colour reflects general caution levels only, not a warned area.

Shading marks whole regions named in an advisory, but a warning is often narrower — a border strip, one road, or a single city. Read the wording, and check the official advisory linked below.

What drives the score

Each pillar is scored 0–100 against every other country. Longer bar = more risk.

Political stability
10% of score
40/100
109th of 220
Crime
15% of score
36/100
104th of 220
Natural hazards
10% of score · mainly earthquakes, flooding
29/100
47th of 220
Health & medical
15% of score
19/100
73rd of 220
Road & transport
10% of score
10/100
33rd of 220
Conflict & terrorism
15% of score
9/100
77th of 220
Official advisories
25% of score
0/100
43rd of 220
Women's safety
not in the score
37/100

Biggest factor here: political stability. Risk of unrest, coups and abrupt instability disrupting a trip.

Practical facts

The things worth knowing before you land.

Emergency number
112
Single European emergency number — police, fire and ambulance, free from any phone
Currency
MKD den
Languages
Macedonian
Visa (EU passport)
90 days visa-free
US: 90 days visa-free · UK: 90 days visa-free
Population
1.8m
World Bank 2025
Capital
Skopje
Driving
On the right
5.1 road deaths per 100k
Power
Type C, F
220-240V
Safely managed water
81%
Mostly, but not everywhere · of residents, not a tap-water verdict
Dialling code
+389
GDP per capita
$10k
A rough guide to price levels
Visitors a year
758k
International arrivals, 2019

When to go

Average daytime high and nightly low for Skopje, over 2010-2019. Bars are rainfall; the colour band is how hot the days get.

Mildest and driest around May to October.

Daytime high cold mild warm hot
Top figure is the average daytime high, below it the average nightly low, and millimetres of rain under each bar. Figures are the average daytime high; bar heights are the month's rainfall. Shaded months are the mild, drier ones. Source: NASA POWER daily observations, 2010-2019, public domain.

Compare with neighbours

Sources for this page

Vaccinations, malaria and outbreaks. This atlas does not give medical advice — it is personal, it changes, and it is the one thing worth getting from a doctor. Both national services publish current advice for North Macedonia:

CDC Travelers' HealthTravelHealthPro (NHS/UKHSA)

Check the official advisory before you book. This page reflects data as of August 2026. Advisories change without warning, and only your own government's advice affects your travel insurance.