Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbasan weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Elbasan: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (33 km away). In April its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Elbasan, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Elbasan ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest April highs and joint 2nd of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 18.0°C; Elbasan is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Elbasan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 85 | 9.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 11.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 90 | 10.3 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 99 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 98 | 13.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 82 | 12.0 | 14.514 h |
| June | 27.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 49 | 8.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 30.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 34 | 6.7 | 14.815 h |
| August | 30.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 29 | 5.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 75 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 89 | 8.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.8°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 105 | 10.1 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 114 | 11.7 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Tirana in AprilAlbania · 33 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Durrës in AprilAlbania · 58 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Vlorë in AprilAlbania · 87 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Shkodër in AprilAlbania · 116 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Prilep in AprilNorth Macedonia · 126 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Prizren in AprilKosovo · 134 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Gjakovë in AprilKosovo · 144 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Skopje in AprilNorth Macedonia · 149 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 57 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 Elbasan) is explained once on the Elbasan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.