Is Peshkopi safe? Albania travel risk
Is Peshkopi safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Peshkopi scores 39/100 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.
Peshkopi 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 Albania (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Peshkopi: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (40/100) and natural hazards (60/100).
A score of 39 is higher than the scores of 50% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Albania travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Positioned at 41.6833° N, 20.4281° E in Dibër, Peshkopi features an altitude of 660 m. The settlement is located 64.4 km SW from Tirana.
Dibër
41.6833° N, 20.4281° E
660 m
Europe/Tirane
13,251
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Albania)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (29 °C avg high); Wettest: May (93 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 25° | 29° | 28° | 25° | 18° | 11° | 6° |
| Low °C | -2° | -2° | 2° | 6° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 18° | 15° | 9° | 3° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 70 | 63 | 78 | 82 | 93 | 81 | 53 | 45 | 39 | 63 | 80 | 79 |
Normals: Gostivar (42.6 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Peshkopi happened in January (3 of 13 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 (125 km away) — USGS details
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