Climate averages 1991–2020
Durrës weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Durrës: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (30 km away). In April its highs average 18.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Durrës, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Durrës ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest April highs and joint 2nd of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 18.0°C; Durrës is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 70 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Durrës climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 117 | 10.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 119 | 11.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 116 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 98 | 11.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 70 | 9.1 | 14.514 h |
| June | 24.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 42 | 5.5 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 30 | 3.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 31 | 3.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 117 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 145 | 10.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 16.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 176 | 12.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 12.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 157 | 12.9 | 9.39 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Tirana in AprilAlbania · 30 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Elbasan in AprilAlbania · 58 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Shkodër in AprilAlbania · 83 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Vlorë in AprilAlbania · 95 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Podgorica in AprilMontenegro · 125 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Gjakovë in AprilKosovo · 143 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Prizren in AprilKosovo · 145 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Brindisi in AprilItaly · 149 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 50 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Durrës) is explained once on the Durrës year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.