Is Gostivar safe? North Macedonia travel risk
Is Gostivar safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Gostivar scores 32/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates North Macedonia Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 10 Sep 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.
Gostivar scores 32/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and North Macedonia (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Gostivar: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (34/100) and natural hazards (48/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the North Macedonia travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Found at 41.8000° N, 20.9167° E within Gostivar, Gostivar is situated 47.9 km ENE of Skopje at an altitude of 535 m.
Gostivar
41.8000° N, 20.9167° E
535 m
Europe/Skopje
32,814
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (North Macedonia)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (29 °C avg high); Wettest: May (93 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 6° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 21° | 25° | 29° | 28° | 25° | 18° | 11° | 6° |
| Low °C | -2° | -2° | 2° | 6° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 18° | 15° | 9° | 3° | -2° |
| Rain mm | 70 | 63 | 78 | 82 | 93 | 81 | 53 | 45 | 39 | 63 | 80 | 79 |
Normals: Gostivar (0 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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Gostivar happened in June (4 of 11 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 (115 km away) — USGS details
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