Climate averages 1991–2020
Durrës weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Durrës: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (30 km away). In December its highs average 11.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Durrës, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Durrës ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 11.6°C; Durrës is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 11.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 157 mm to 117 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Tirana in DecemberAlbania · 30 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Elbasan in DecemberAlbania · 58 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Shkodër in DecemberAlbania · 83 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 225 mm rain
- Vlorë in DecemberAlbania · 95 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Podgorica in DecemberMontenegro · 125 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 271 mm rain
- Gjakovë in DecemberKosovo · 143 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Prizren in DecemberKosovo · 145 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Brindisi in DecemberItaly · 149 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 69 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.