No visa needed

Do citizens of North Macedonia need a visa for Greece?

Citizens of North Macedonia don’t need a visa for Greece and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of North Macedonia: the passport opens 80 countries visa-free; Skopje — Athens: ≈ 490 km, about 1 hour of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Greece without a visa on a North Macedonia passport?

Yes, citizens of North Macedonia don’t need a visa for Greece for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Greece visa rules at a glance

With a North Macedonia passport you can visit 80 countries visa-free, 32 with a visa on arrival and 43 with an e-visa; 43 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the North Macedonia passport ranks 77th of 199.
North Macedonia passport: visa-free access to 80 countries; Greece passport: 120.
Citizens of North Macedonia and Greece can travel together visa-free to 78 countries, for example: Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovakia, and Austria.
North Macedonia and Greece share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Greece has an embassy in your country of citizenship, so you can apply without travelling abroad.
Citizens of Greece, in turn, don’t need a visa for North Macedonia. North Macedonia visa for citizens of Greece

Travelling to Greece: good to know

Skopje — Athens: about 490 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Skopje 12:00 — Athens 13:00.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Greek.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Greece is the 8th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of North Macedonia.