Skopje: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Skopje is the capital of North Macedonia (Grad Skopje), 247 m (810 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Skopje International Airport (SKP), 16 km (10 mi) from the centre. It has 5 railway stations on record, including Skopje Train Station. Our booking partner lists 1,330+ places to stay.
Key facts
Daylight in Skopje runs from about 9 h 10 min a day in late December to 15 h 18 min in late June (computed for 42° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Skopje is served by 2 airports with scheduled flights within 100 km. The closest large one is Skopje International Airport (SKP), 16 km (10 mi) from the centre, with a longest runway of 9,678 ft, which limits it to short and medium-haul aircraft. The alternatives are Priština Adem Jashari International Airport (PRN, 72 km).
Flights to Skopje: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Skopje Train Station, Skopje Railway Station, Skopje Sever railway station, Volkovo railway station, Madzhari railway station. Trains to Skopje
Buses to Skopje · Driving and car hire
Where to stay
Our booking partner lists 1,330+ places to stay in Skopje (statistics below are from the first 1,000). Of the 678 with a star rating, the largest group is 3-star (343), and 10 are five-star. Across 389 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 9.1 out of 10. Guests have left 145,293 reviews in total.
Hotels in Skopje: the full picture, and book
Our booking partner lists 30 hostels in Skopje, out of 1,330 places to stay of every kind — 2.3% of everywhere it lists in the city, around the middle of the range for the cities we hold figures for. Across 18 hostels with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 8.5 out of 10, 0.6 below the 9.1 its hotels average. Guests have left 12,382 reviews across them.
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Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Belgrade, 322 km (Serbia) — flights · trains
- Sofia, 174 km (Bulgaria) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Sarajevo, 324 km (Bosnia and Herzegovina) — trains
- Pristina, 78 km (Kosovo)
- Tirana, 153 km (Albania) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Plovdiv, 274 km (Bulgaria) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Thessaloníki, 196 km (Greece) — buses · car rental · tours
- Bari, 392 km (Italy)
- Niš, 153 km (Serbia) — buses · car rental · tours
- Podgorica, 185 km (Montenegro) — trains · buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Dijon, Roubaix, Waremme, Nuremberg, Suez, Istanbul, Ljubljana, Podgorica, Zagreb, Dresden, Tempe, Nanchang, Manisa, Pittsburgh.
Common questions
Which airport serves Skopje?
Skopje International Airport (SKP), 16 km (10 mi) from the centre, plus 1 other airport with scheduled flights within 100 km.
How big is Skopje?
About 474,889 people live in Skopje, across 571 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Skopje in?
Europe/Skopje, currently UTC+2.
What currency is used in Skopje?
The Denar (MKD). Traffic drives on the right.
Are there hostels in Skopje?
30 of them, bookable on this site. Hostels in Skopje.
How many hotels are there in Skopje?
Our booking partner lists 1,330 or more places to stay in Skopje, bookable on this site.
Which cities are near Skopje?
Belgrade (322 km), Sofia (174 km), Sarajevo (324 km), Pristina (78 km), Tirana (153 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.