Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbasan weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Elbasan: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (33 km away). In August its highs average 30.3°C, 0.5°C cooler than Elbasan, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Elbasan ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 30.0°C; Elbasan is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Tirana in AugustAlbania · 33 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Durrës in AugustAlbania · 58 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Vlorë in AugustAlbania · 87 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Shkodër in AugustAlbania · 116 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Prilep in AugustNorth Macedonia · 126 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Prizren in AugustKosovo · 134 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Gjakovë in AugustKosovo · 144 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Skopje in AugustNorth Macedonia · 149 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 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.