Durrës climate

Name: Durrës
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Durrës is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 6.5 °C. November is the wettest month (172 mm) and July the driest (30 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Durrës averages 1,205 mm of rain, 84 days above 25 °C and 2 days below freezing.

Albania · population 195,920 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 28 °C
Coldest month January 6.5 °C
Driest month July 30 mm
Wettest month November 172 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record July 35 °C
Coldest on record January -7.8 °C
Warmest sea August 25 °C

What to expectDurrës through the year

Durrës has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 28 °C in August, a swing of 16 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 84 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C, 2 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 172 mm against 30 mm in July — 5.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Durrës is warmest in August at 25 °C and coldest in February at 14 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	11.4 °C	116 mm	54 %
February	12.0 °C	116 mm	51 %
March	14.2 °C	114 mm	50 %
April	16.9 °C	98 mm	50 %
May	20.8 °C	73 mm	43 %
June	24.8 °C	44 mm	28 %
July	27.3 °C	30 mm	16 %
August	27.8 °C	32 mm	17 %
September	24.4 °C	115 mm	35 %
October	20.8 °C	141 mm	45 %
November	16.7 °C	172 mm	55 %
December	12.6 °C	154 mm	55 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	11.4 °C	6.5 °C	8.9 °C	17.4 °C	-7.8 °C	0	0	1
February	12.0 °C	6.8 °C	9.5 °C	22.3 °C	-3.0 °C	0	0	0
March	14.2 °C	8.6 °C	11.5 °C	23.2 °C	0.9 °C	0	0	0
April	16.9 °C	11.3 °C	14.3 °C	29.3 °C	1.1 °C	0	0	0
May	20.8 °C	15.3 °C	18.4 °C	29.1 °C	8.8 °C	1	0	0
June	24.8 °C	19.2 °C	22.4 °C	33.5 °C	12.2 °C	14	1	0
July	27.3 °C	21.5 °C	24.7 °C	35.4 °C	16.1 °C	27	3	0
August	27.8 °C	22.1 °C	25.1 °C	35.4 °C	16.5 °C	29	4	0
September	24.4 °C	19.0 °C	21.8 °C	32.9 °C	10.9 °C	11	0	0
October	20.8 °C	15.6 °C	18.2 °C	29.9 °C	7.3 °C	1	0	0
November	16.7 °C	11.8 °C	14.2 °C	26.2 °C	3.4 °C	0	0	0
December	12.6 °C	8.1 °C	10.3 °C	20.4 °C	-1.6 °C	0	0	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	116 mm	11	9.5 h/day	54 %	71 %	19 km/h	14.6 °C
February	116 mm	11	11 h/day	51 %	70 %	20 km/h	14.0 °C
March	114 mm	11	12 h/day	50 %	72 %	20 km/h	14.2 °C
April	98 mm	11	13 h/day	50 %	76 %	19 km/h	15.6 °C
May	73 mm	9	15 h/day	43 %	78 %	18 km/h	18.8 °C
June	44 mm	5	15 h/day	28 %	77 %	18 km/h	22.6 °C
July	30 mm	4	15 h/day	16 %	75 %	19 km/h	24.4 °C
August	32 mm	3	14 h/day	17 %	76 %	18 km/h	25.1 °C
September	115 mm	9	13 h/day	35 %	73 %	17 km/h	23.6 °C
October	141 mm	10	11 h/day	45 %	73 %	17 km/h	21.4 °C
November	172 mm	12	9.9 h/day	55 %	72 %	19 km/h	19.1 °C
December	154 mm	13	9.2 h/day	55 %	71 %	20 km/h	16.4 °C

How Durrës compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Durrës	28 °C	6.5 °C	1,205 mm	84
Tirana · Albania	30 °C	2.3 °C	1,132 mm	109
Podgorica · Montenegro	30 °C	0.2 °C	1,901 mm	98
Prizren · Kosovo	29 °C	-1.7 °C	766 mm	89
Skopje · North Macedonia	31 °C	-2.0 °C	531 mm	113

Where Durrës ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Europe in August	1st of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in August	1st of 50	100/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in June	5th of 50	23 °C
Best beach destinations in Europe in July	6th of 50	98/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in May	7th of 50	19 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in November	14th of 50	19 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Durrës.

QuestionsCommon questions about Durrës’s climate

When is the best time to visit Durrës?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Durrës get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 8 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 6.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 2 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Durrës?

November, averaging 172 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is July with 30 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,205 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Durrës rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 41.324°, 19.455° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.