Is Ágios Nikólaos safe? Greece travel risk
Is Ágios Nikólaos safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ágios Nikólaos scores 31/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Greece Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 23 Oct 2025); 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.
Ágios Nikólaos scores 31/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Greece (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ágios Nikólaos: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (56/100) and security (33/100).
A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Greece travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 35.1833° N, 25.7167° E within Kríti, Ágios Nikólaos is situated 358.5 km NNW of Athens at an altitude of 30 m.
Kríti
35.1833° N, 25.7167° E
30 m
Europe/Athens
21,562
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Greece)
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 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of Ágios Nikólaos happened in May and December (4 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
6 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.2 on 22 May 2025 (81 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.7 on 24 Apr 2026 (21 km away) — USGS details
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