Greece

Level calmupdated 7 min ago
Open alert types
Storm3Flood
What governments advise19 states tracked
18 nothing to report1 increased caution
Mira Safe's take

No underlying concern: official advisories are at ease about this country.

4alerts in progress0 / 19states advise against travel0.8homicides / 100,000 inhab.144events over 12 months
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What are the main risks in Greece?

Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 144 events there, including 113 severe. The most frequent: Armed attack, Earthquake, Wildfire.

Is there a government travel advisory for Greece?

Yes — of the 19 governments we track, 0 advise against travel and 1 urges extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.

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Greece: current alerts and safety news

The alerts open right now, all sources combined — weather, seismic, satellite, health and state advisories.

Severe thunderstorm — Athens

in 12 hours · Mira Weather

High

Heavy rain — Ionion Islands

10 hours ago · MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)

High

Thunderstorm — Epirus

10 hours ago · MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)

High

Thunderstorm — Ionion Islands

13 hours ago · MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)

High

Being verified

We detected the following events, but they are not yet reliable enough to qualify as alerts — they are awaiting confirmation from an official source. A report is not an established fact.

Last 90 days

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July 14October 11

Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.

Is it safe to travel to Greece?

Greece mostly records wildfires and earthquakes. Over the last 12 months we logged 27 events, 16 of them severe. Fires lead the count: 16 recorded, 12 severe. Earthquakes come next with 6, none of them severe. Then 2 thunderstorms, one storm, one heatwave and one air quality episode. Fires, heat and storms do have a season here, and it is summer: July carried 14 events and August 10, all hazards combined, against 3 in June. Earthquakes follow no calendar, so a quiet month for them is chance, not a rule. The data does not place these events inside the country, so nothing here points to one region rather than another. On homicides, the recorded rate is 0.8 per 100,000 people against a world median of 2.1. That figure covers homicide only. It says nothing about theft or scams.

What it changes for a nomad

For a stay of several weeks, the calendar matters more than the map. The record piles up in July, with 14 events, and August, with 10, and thins to 3 in June. Coming outside the two hottest months means meeting fewer of these episodes. Fires are what you would feel first, and smoke travels far from the fire itself, so an outdoor workday can turn into an indoor one. Heat lands in the same window and shapes your working rhythm more than anything else. Earthquakes are the other half of the picture: fewer, none severe over the window, and tied to no season, so booking in spring is no shelter from them. Nothing is live right now, and the country sits at our lowest level. Pick a flat you can get out of easily, and treat air quality as a working condition.

Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 23, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →

1 earlier analysis

  1. August 21, 2026

    Greece records mainly natural hazards. Wildfires happen often, with 16 events over the last 12 months, and 12 of these were severe. Earthquakes occur less frequently, with 6 recorded, but none were severe recently. Thunderstorms and storms also appear, with 2 and 1 events respectively, some severe. Heatwaves and air quality issues are less common but can be severe. The busiest months for hazards are July and August, with July seeing the most activity. The homicide rate is low at 0.8 per 100k, below the global median of 2.1. No armed conflict or major recent crises are reported. Little was recorded about other risks, so the focus is on natural hazards.

To watch as a rule

  • Wildfires, the most frequent hazard here and severe in most recorded cases, concentrated in the summer months.
  • Heat, which has a real season and falls in the same weeks as the fires.
  • Earthquakes, which arrive with no season: 6 recorded over the last 12 months, none severe.
  • Thunderstorms and storms, rare in the count but severe when they were recorded.

Good reflexes

  • Check the day's fire risk before driving inland or hiking in summer, and pick a route with a second way out.
  • Keep offline maps and a charged power bank in your day bag between June and the end of the hot season.
  • When you move into a place, spend two minutes locating the exits and the solid furniture.
  • Save the local emergency number in your phone the day you land, not the day you need it.
  • On heat days, move calls and deep work to the early morning.

Greece: travel advisories and areas to avoid

What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.

None of the 19 countries surveyed advises against this country; 1 recommends increased caution.

Greece: quality of life and safety in figures

Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay — not what is happening today.

Favourable vs the world median

  • Homicides: 0.8 per 100,000 people (median 2.3)
  • Air quality (PM2.5): 14.1 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
  • Safely managed drinking water: 96.7 % of the population (median 80.5)
  • Road deaths: 8.3 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
  • Physicians: 6.6 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
  • Hospital beds: 4.3 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
  • Life expectancy at birth: 81.8 years (median 74.7)

Watch out vs the world median

  • New displacements, disasters: 8.7 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)
Air quality (PM2.5)
14.1µg/m³ · 2023

Below the world median (17.3) · lower is better

WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³

Safely managed drinking water
96.7% of the population · 2024

Above the world median (80.5) · higher is better

Road deaths
8.3per 100,000 people · 2019

Below the world median (15.2) · lower is better

Physicians
6.6per 1,000 people · 2022

Above the world median (1.7) · higher is better

Hospital beds
4.3per 1,000 people · 2022

Above the world median (2.4) · higher is better

Life expectancy at birth
81.8years · 2024

Above the world median (74.7) · higher is better

New displacements, disasters
8.7per 1,000 people · 2023

Above the world median (0.73) · lower is better

91,000 people in total

Refugees hosted
12.9per 1,000 people · 2025

134,563 people in total

31,928 asylum seekers

People living in internal displacement
0people · 2025

Security and violence

Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026

2.9/10 — low

Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.

0.8homicides per 100,000 people (2023)

Below the world median (2.3).

Source: UNODC, via the World Bank (CC BY 4.0)

Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams — no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.

National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · UNHCR

Greece: natural disasters and risks in figures

Last 30 days · 54 events

Eventsof which severe
  • Armed attack1919 19 severe
  • Storm1313 13 severe
  • Earthquake11
  • Flood77 7 severe
  • Civil unrest2
  • Wildfire2

Last 12 months · 144 events

Eventsof which severe
  • Armed attack6262 62 severe
  • Earthquake20
  • Wildfire1912 12 severe
  • Storm1313 13 severe
  • Aviation accident1212 12 severe
  • Flood87 7 severe
  • Heatwave66 6 severe
  • Civil unrest2

+ 2 more types · 2 events

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