Lightning strikes in North Macedonia

The detection network has located 997 lightning strikes in North Macedonia since the archive began, including 957 in the last 7 days. That is 0.01% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking North Macedonia #71 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. North Macedonia is counted under Europe in the continent totals.

Daily strikes, last 5 days

Day (UTC)	Detected strikes
2026-08-14	2
2026-08-13	771
2026-08-09	105
2026-08-08	79
2026-08-06	40

Strikes by state or province

Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside North Macedonia's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.

#	State / province	Strikes	Last 7 days	Share
1	Berovo	139	135	13.9%
2	Kočani	134	124	13.4%
3	Kriva Palanka	130	130	13.0%
4	Vinica	112	110	11.2%
5	Makedonska Kamenica	101	101	10.1%
6	Kratovo	72	72	7.2%
7	Delčevo	56	56	5.6%
8	Probištip	46	46	4.6%
9	Pehčevo	31	31	3.1%
10	Blagoevgrad	31	30	3.1%
11	Rankovce	29	29	2.9%
12	Radoviš	28	26	2.8%
13	Novaci	20	20	2.0%
14	Kyustendil	14	14	1.4%
15	Novo Selo	12	11	1.2%
16	Štip	10	10	1.0%
17	Gevgelija	6	2	0.6%
18	Prilep	4	1	0.4%
19	Češinovo-Obleševo	3	2	0.3%
20	Ohrid	3	0	0.3%
21	Resen	2	2	0.2%
22	Kruševo	2	0	0.2%
23	Vrapčište	2	0	0.2%
24	Demir Kapija	2	0	0.2%
25	Bogovinje	2	0	0.2%
26	Vasilevo	2	2	0.2%
27	Jegunovce	1	0	0.1%
28	Debarca	1	1	0.1%
29	Bosilovo	1	1	0.1%
30	Konče	1	1	0.1%

These are detected strikes, and detection coverage differs by region; the data hub explains the method and its limits. For the climatological picture, see which countries get the most lightning.

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