Which region should I choose for players in Durres?

Frankfurt for the lowest ping. If your friends are spread across continents, pick the region in the middle of the group; London is the next closest to Durres at an estimated 35 ms.

Is the free server available from Albania?

Yes. The free tier is available worldwide and runs on the United States and Spain nodes, subject to capacity. It has 3.5 GB RAM, sleeps after 15 idle minutes and wakes when a player joins. No card is needed.

Can I pay in Albanian Lek?

Plans are charged in US dollars. Any Visa, Mastercard or American Express card from Albania works, and your bank converts at its own rate. The Albanian Lek prices on this page are estimates to help you compare.

Can my friends on phones and consoles join from Durres?

Yes. Create a Bedrock server, or run a Java server with Geyser so both editions join the same world. Bedrock uses UDP port 19132, which the panel assigns for you.

Does Enzonic have a data centre in Durres?

No. Enzonic runs its own hardware in the United States and Spain and rents capacity in London, Frankfurt, Bengaluru and Singapore. This page is here to tell you honestly which of those is closest to Durres and what to expect.

Server locations

Minecraft server hosting in Durres

Durres (Durrës County, Albania) is about 1,284 km from Enzonic's Frankfurt region in Frankfurt, Germany. Over a normal home connection that is an estimated 25 ms, low enough for smooth Java and Bedrock play. Here is what hosting from Durres looks like.

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Nearest region and estimated ping

Great-circle distance from Durres to each Enzonic region, with a ping estimate. Real latency depends on your ISP's route; test it from the panel before you pick.

Region	Distance	Estimated ping	Runs
FrankfurtFrankfurt, GermanyNearest	1,284 km	~25 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
LondonLondon, United Kingdom	1,870 km	~35 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
SpainCanary Islands, Spain	3,566 km	~60 ms	Free Minecraft · Paid plans
BengaluruBengaluru, India	6,415 km	~105 ms	Paid plans
US EastKentucky, United States	8,371 km	~135 ms	Free Minecraft · Free bots and apps · Paid plans
SingaporeSingapore	9,438 km	~150 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans

Estimates assume fibre at about 200,000 km/s with routes 1.5 times the straight line, plus a few milliseconds for the last mile. Under 60 ms feels instant in Minecraft; under 120 ms is still comfortable.

Free Minecraft servers run in the United States and Spain. From Durres the closer of the two is Spain, an estimated 60 ms.

Local details for Durres

Language: The panel and this site are available in English; support answers in English and Spanish.
Currency: Plans are priced and charged in US dollars; your bank converts to Albanian Lek at its own rate.
Local time: Durres is on Europe/Tirane (UTC+01). Scheduled restarts and backups in the panel use your own time zone.
Payment methods: Visa, Mastercard and American Express from any country, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay in browsers that support them. Checkout runs on Stripe, which shows any extra local methods it supports in Albania. You can also pay with a gift card, and the free tier needs no card at all.
Population: About 200,000 people live in Durres (GeoNames). Nearby cities with their own pages are listed below.

Plans with prices in Albanian Lek

Live US dollar prices from the panel, with an approximate Albanian Lek figure next to each one. The first month is cheaper while a sale runs.

Plan	RAM	Per month (USD)
Free tier3.5 GB RAM, wakes when a player joins, no card.	3.5 GB	$0.00
Dirt	512 MB	$0.99$0.69 first month
Wood	4 GB	$3.79$2.65 first month
Stone	6 GB	$5.49$3.84 first month
Iron	8 GB	$6.99$4.89 first month
Gold	10 GB	$8.99$6.29 first month
Diamond	12 GB	$10.69$7.48 first month
Obsidian	16 GB	$13.99$9.79 first month
Obsidian Pro	16 GB	$16.99$11.89 first month

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Java or Bedrock from Durres?

Both editions run on the same regions. Java Edition is the PC version with mods, plugins and most public servers. Bedrock Edition is what phones, consoles and Windows 10/11 play; its servers use UDP port 19132. Not sure who is joining? Start a Java server and add Geyser so Bedrock players can join it too.

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Nearby cities

Other cities with their own page, nearest first.

Tirana30 km away
Lushnje47 km away
Elbasan58 km away
Shkoder83 km away
Vlore95 km away
Podgorica, Montenegro125 km away
Herceg Novi, Montenegro147 km away
Brindisi, Italy149 km away

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Questions from Durres

Our estimate is about 25 ms to the Frankfurt region, based on the 1,284 km distance. Your ISP's route can add or remove 10 to 20 ms. The panel's region picker runs a live latency test from your browser, so check it before you create the server.

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Free in about a minute, no card. Pick Frankfurt as the region and invite your friends.

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Distances use great-circle maths from city coordinates and Enzonic's published region locations. City names, coordinates, populations and time zones come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Exchange rates: European Central Bank via frankfurter.dev, 2026-11-10. No reviews or customer counts are shown on this page because we do not publish per-city figures.

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