Climate averages 1991–2020
Durrës weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Durrës: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (30 km away). In August its highs average 30.3°C, 2.7°C warmer than Durrës, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Durrës ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 30.0°C; Durrës is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 117 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Tirana in AugustAlbania · 30 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Elbasan in AugustAlbania · 58 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Shkodër in AugustAlbania · 83 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Vlorë in AugustAlbania · 95 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Podgorica in AugustMontenegro · 125 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Gjakovë in AugustKosovo · 143 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Prizren in AugustKosovo · 145 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Brindisi in AugustItaly · 149 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 15 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.