Climate averages 1991–2020
Durrës weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Durrës: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (30 km away). In January its highs average 10.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Durrës, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Durrës ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 10.5°C; Durrës is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 119 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Tirana in JanuaryAlbania · 30 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Elbasan in JanuaryAlbania · 58 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Shkodër in JanuaryAlbania · 83 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 166 mm rain
- Vlorë in JanuaryAlbania · 95 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Podgorica in JanuaryMontenegro · 125 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 180 mm rain
- Gjakovë in JanuaryKosovo · 143 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Prizren in JanuaryKosovo · 145 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Brindisi in JanuaryItaly · 149 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 64 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.