As a landlocked country, Macedonia has a pronounced continental climate, with very cold winters and hot summers.
Required clothing:Mediumweight clothing and very warm overcoats in winter; lightweight clothing and raincoats required for the summer.
Roughly rectangular in shape, and on the strategic Vardar Valley north-south communications route, Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic) is landlocked, bordering Serbia to the north, Albania to the west, Greece to the south and Bulgaria to the east.
