Is Burrel safe? Albania travel risk
Is Burrel safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Burrel scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Albania Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 26 Aug 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Burrel scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Albania (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Burrel: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (40/100) and natural hazards (57/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Albania travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Dibër (41.6083° N, 20.0111° E), Burrel sits 35.1 km SSW from Tirana at 315 m elevation.
Dibër
41.6083° N, 20.0111° E
315 m
Europe/Tirane
10,862
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Albania)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (30 °C avg high); Wettest: November (166 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 11° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 30° | 27° | 22° | 16° | 11° |
| Low °C | 3° | 3° | 6° | 8° | 13° | 16° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 12° | 8° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 123 | 115 | 130 | 103 | 82 | 46 | 20 | 21 | 57 | 108 | 166 | 144 |
Normals: Tirana (35.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Burrel happened in January (3 of 11 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
1 major seismic event recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.5 on 9 Jan 2022 (145 km away) — USGS details
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