Climate averages 1991–2020
Durrës weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Durrës: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (30 km away). In March its highs average 15.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Durrës, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Durrës ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 14.5°C; Durrës is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Tirana in MarchAlbania · 30 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Elbasan in MarchAlbania · 58 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Shkodër in MarchAlbania · 83 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Vlorë in MarchAlbania · 95 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Podgorica in MarchMontenegro · 125 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 189 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MarchKosovo · 143 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Prizren in MarchKosovo · 145 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Brindisi in MarchItaly · 149 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 61 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.