Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbasan weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Elbasan: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (33 km away). In December its highs average 11.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Elbasan, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Elbasan ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 11.6°C; Elbasan is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Tirana in DecemberAlbania · 33 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Durrës in DecemberAlbania · 58 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 8.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Vlorë in DecemberAlbania · 87 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Shkodër in DecemberAlbania · 116 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 225 mm rain
- Prilep in DecemberNorth Macedonia · 126 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Prizren in DecemberKosovo · 134 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Gjakovë in DecemberKosovo · 144 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Skopje in DecemberNorth Macedonia · 149 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 59 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.