Ohrid

Ohrid ( ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with it recording a population of over 38,000 inhabitants¹ as of 2021. Ohrid is known for once having 365 churches, one for each day of the year, and has been referred to as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans". The city is rich in picturesque houses and monuments, and tourism is predominant. It is located southwest of Skopje, west of Resen and Bitola. In 1979 and in 1980, respectively, Ohrid and Lake Ohrid were accepted as Cultural and Natural World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Ohrid is one of only 40 sites that are part of UNESCO's World Heritage that are Cultural as well as Natural sites.

Ohrid ( ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with it recording a population of over 38,000 inhabitants as of 2021. Ohrid is known for once having 365 churches, one for each day of the year, and has been referred to as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans". The city is rich in picturesque houses and monuments, and tourism is predominant. It is located southwest of Skopje, west of Resen and Bitola. In 1979 and in 1980, respectively, Ohrid and Lake Ohrid were accepted as Cultural and Natural World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Ohrid is one of only 40 sites that are part of UNESCO's World Heritage that are Cultural as well as Natural sites.

Geography and climate

Ohrid is located in the south-western part of North Macedonia, on the shore of Lake Ohrid, at an elevation of 695 meters above sea level. Ohrid has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csb), bordering on an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) moderated by its elevation, as the mean temperature of the warmest month is just above and every summer month receives less than of rainfall. The coldest month is January with the average temperature or in a range between and . The warmest month is August with average range of - . The rainiest month is November, which sees on average of rain. The summer months of June, July and August receive the least amount of rain, around . The absolute minimum temperature is and the maximum .

Sports

GFK Ohrid Lihnidos is a football team playing at the SRC Biljanini Izvori stadium in the city. As of the 2025–26 season they play in the second tier of the Macedonian Football League system. FK Voska Sport was also a football team in Ohrid that competes in the Macedonian First League as of the 2024–25 season. The club dissolved after the 2024-25 season. RK Ohrid is a handball team playing at Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall arena, with a capacity of 3,500. As of the 2025–26 season they play in the Macedonian Handball Super League, which is the top tier. The Ohrid Swimming Marathon is an international open water swimming competition, always taking place in the waters of Lake Ohrid. The swimmers are supposed to swim from the monastery of Saint Naum to the Ohrid harbor.

International relations

Kazakhstan maintains an honorary consulate in Ohrid.

Twin towns and sister cities

Ohrid is twinned with: Budva, Montenegro Caen, France Givatayim, Israel Inđija, Serbia Kragujevac, Serbia Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina Pogradec, Albania Piran, Slovenia Safranbolu, Turkey Stari Grad (Sarajevo), Bosnia and Herzegovina Vidovec, Croatia Vinkovci, Croatia Windsor, Canada Wollongong, Australia Yalova, Turkey

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