Climate averages 1991–2020
Durrës weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Durrës: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (30 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, 1.9°C warmer than Durrës, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Durrës ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 22.4°C; Durrës is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Tirana in MayAlbania · 30 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Elbasan in MayAlbania · 58 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Shkodër in MayAlbania · 83 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Vlorë in MayAlbania · 95 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Podgorica in MayMontenegro · 125 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MayKosovo · 143 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Prizren in MayKosovo · 145 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Brindisi in MayItaly · 149 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 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.