Is Shkodër safe? Albania travel risk
Is Shkodër safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Shkodër scores 37/100 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.
Shkodër scores 37/100 (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 Shkodër: 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 37 is higher than the scores of 46% 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 42.0681° N, 19.5119° E in Shkodër, Shkodër features an altitude of 12 m. The settlement is located 86.2 km SSE from Tirana.
Shkodër
42.0681° N, 19.5119° E
12 m
Europe/Tirane
76,000
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Albania)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (30 °C avg high); Wettest: November (282 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 9° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 30° | 26° | 20° | 13° | 9° |
| Low °C | 1° | 1° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 16° | 11° | 6° | 1° |
| Rain mm | 234 | 207 | 214 | 161 | 138 | 92 | 44 | 48 | 105 | 220 | 282 | 248 |
Normals: Podgorica (46.3 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Shkodër happened in November (3 of 11 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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