Is Oraiókastro safe? Greece travel risk
Is Oraiókastro safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Oraiókastro 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.
Oraiókastro 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 Oraiókastro: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (33/100) and natural hazards (54/100).
A score of 31 is higher than the scores of 34% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
In the Kentrikí Makedonía territory, Oraiókastro is established at 40.7333° N, 22.9167° E. It lies 313.5 km SSE relative to Athens. Time zone observed: Europe/Athens.
Kentrikí Makedonía
40.7333° N, 22.9167° E
269 m
Europe/Athens
40,004
Emergency & Aviation Access
Nearby Towns & Settlements in 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 (10.5 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 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Oraiókastro happened in January (3 of 9 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
2 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.5 on 16 Jan 2022 (145 km away) — USGS details
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