Is Rrëshen safe? Albania travel risk
Is Rrëshen safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Rrëshen 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.
Rrëshen 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 Rrëshen: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (40/100) and natural hazards (59/100).
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.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 41.7667° N, 19.8833° E in Lezhë, Rrëshen maintains a regional distance of 49.2 km S to Tirana.
Lezhë
41.7667° N, 19.8833° E
94 m
Europe/Tirane
8,803
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in 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 (49.2 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 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Rrëshen happened in January (3 of 12 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Albania travel advice & laws.
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