Is Péfka safe? Greece travel risk
Is Péfka safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Péfka scores 30/100 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.
Péfka scores 30/100 (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 Péfka: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (33/100) and natural hazards (53/100).
A score of 30 is higher than the scores of 32% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Greece travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Charted at coordinates 40.6500° N, 22.9833° E in Kentrikí Makedonía, Péfka maintains a regional distance of 303.3 km SSE to Athens.
Kentrikí Makedonía
40.6500° N, 22.9833° E
250 m
Europe/Athens
13,435
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 (4.2 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 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Péfka happened in January and June (4 of 8 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 (135 km away) — USGS details
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