Climate averages 1991–2020
Durrës weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Durrës: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (30 km away). In October its highs average 21.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Durrës, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Durrës ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 21.0°C; Durrës is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 176 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Tirana in OctoberAlbania · 30 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Elbasan in OctoberAlbania · 58 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Shkodër in OctoberAlbania · 83 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 206 mm rain
- Vlorë in OctoberAlbania · 95 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Podgorica in OctoberMontenegro · 125 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Gjakovë in OctoberKosovo · 143 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Prizren in OctoberKosovo · 145 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Brindisi in OctoberItaly · 149 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.1°C · 74 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.