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North Macedonia / Southeastern Europe

Ohrid City Intelligence

Ohrid is a lakeside tourism and regional center in southwestern North Macedonia served by its own international airport and set within the UNESCO-listed Lake Ohrid heritage area, concentrating seasonal visitor infrastructure, light industry, and fishing alongside cross-border travel toward Albania. Ohrid is a southeastern europe city of about ~51K municipality in North Macedonia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Ohrid sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (56/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~51K municipality
View of Ohrid, North Macedonia

Image credit: Image: kallerna / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Overall score

Use the Ohrid profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience dimensions alongside regional Southeastern-European peers.

Overall56/100
Affordability72/100
Air quality58/100
Energy50/100

Overall city intelligence

Constrained

56/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Ohrid data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Ohrid city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score56/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living72/100Ohrid's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality58/100Ohrid's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy50/100Ohrid's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety55/100Ohrid's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed53/100Ohrid's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk54/100Ohrid's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience54/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety57/100
Low crime57/100
Personal safety58/100
Night safety54/100
Road safety57/100

Ohrid has a moderate safety estimate (57/100); standard urban precautions are advised, particularly after dark.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life64/100
Healthcare62/100
Education63/100
Green space90/100
Cleanliness59/100
Infrastructure59/100
Mobility48/100

Ohrid has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (64/100), with notable strengths in green space.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness66/100
Education63/100
Green space90/100
Overall safety57/100

Ohrid scores moderate for family living (66/100), helped by parks and green space.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability61/100
Walkability63/100
Cycling50/100
Infrastructure59/100

Ohrid is moderate for remote workers (61/100), based on connectivity, affordability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability66/100
Healthcare62/100
Cleanliness59/100
Outdoor lifestyle57/100

Ohrid is moderate for retirement (66/100), appealing for affordability and a comfortable climate.

Emergency and public safety in Ohrid

Local public safety guidance for Ohrid, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Ohrid, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the North Macedonia emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Ohrid

Healthcare context for Ohrid, with national-level information from North Macedonia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Ohrid, see the North Macedonia healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Ohrid

Local mobility context for Ohrid, with national-level context from North Macedonia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Ohrid, see the North Macedonia transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Ohrid. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Ohrid

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Ohrid will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Ohrid air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Ohrid modules

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Cost of Living in Ohrid

Ohrid's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Ohrid

Ohrid's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Ohrid

Ohrid's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Ohrid

Ohrid's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Ohrid

Ohrid's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Ohrid

Ohrid's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Ohrid

Cost of living estimates for Ohrid — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Ohrid

Climate profile for Ohrid — Humid Continental climate, annual average 13.7°C, comfort score 76/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Ohrid

Economy and jobs profile for Ohrid — mixed economy, economy score 51/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Ohrid

Education profile for Ohrid — mixed education base, education score 45/100, 3 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Ohrid

Source-attributed visual context for Ohrid using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Ohrid

Weekend trip planning checklist for Ohrid — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Ohrid

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Ohrid

Estimate a monthly budget for Ohrid using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Ohrid

Plan a trip budget for Ohrid using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Ohrid

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Ohrid. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Tirana, Albania

Cross-border · about 86 km from Ohrid. Explore Tirana's city intelligence profile.

Durres, Albania

Cross-border · about 116 km from Ohrid. Explore Durres's city intelligence profile.

Ioannina, Greece

Cross-border · about 162 km from Ohrid. Explore Ioannina's city intelligence profile.

Corfu, Greece

Cross-border · about 186 km from Ohrid. Explore Corfu's city intelligence profile.

Thessaloniki, Greece

Cross-border · about 187 km from Ohrid. Explore Thessaloniki's city intelligence profile.

Podgorica, Montenegro

Cross-border · about 195 km from Ohrid. Explore Podgorica's city intelligence profile.

Larissa, Greece

Cross-border · about 214 km from Ohrid. Explore Larissa's city intelligence profile.

Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Cross-border · about 215 km from Ohrid. Explore Blagoevgrad's city intelligence profile.

Lecce, Italy

Cross-border · about 238 km from Ohrid. Explore Lecce's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Use the Ohrid profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy, and resilience dimensions alongside regional Southeastern-European peers. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (72/100) and air quality (58/100). The area most worth watching is energy (50/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the North Macedonia country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Ohrid appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.