Skala is located at latitude 48°51´, longitude 26°12' at an altitude of 728 feet. For years prior to World War I, Skala was in the province of Galicia, on the eastern border of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In between the two world wars, Skala was part of Poland. In the present-day, Skala is in Ukraine: Ternopil’ska oblast (province), Borshchivskyi Raion (county), Borszczow administrative district, and Skala judicial tax district.