Is Kilkís safe? Greece travel risk
Is Kilkís safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Kilkís 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.
Kilkís 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 Kilkís: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (54/100) 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
Kilkís belongs to Kentrikí Makedonía (Greece), centered at coordinates 40.9833° N, 22.8667° E (277 m above sea level). Distance to Athens is 341.6 km towards the SSE.
Kentrikí Makedonía
40.9833° N, 22.8667° E
277 m
Europe/Athens
12,276
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (Greece)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (33 °C avg high); Wettest: November (70 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 10° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 25° | 29° | 33° | 32° | 28° | 21° | 15° | 10° |
| Low °C | 2° | 2° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 20° | 23° | 23° | 18° | 13° | 8° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 63 | 55 | 58 | 60 | 64 | 56 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 52 | 70 | 66 |
Normals: Thessaloníki (38.6 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 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Kilkís happened in January (3 of 10 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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