Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbasan weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Elbasan: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (33 km away). In February its highs average 11.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Elbasan, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Elbasan ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 11.6°C; Elbasan is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 99 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Tirana in FebruaryAlbania · 33 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 107 mm rain
- Durrës in FebruaryAlbania · 58 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 119 mm rain
- Vlorë in FebruaryAlbania · 87 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Shkodër in FebruaryAlbania · 116 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Prilep in FebruaryNorth Macedonia · 126 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Prizren in FebruaryKosovo · 134 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Gjakovë in FebruaryKosovo · 144 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -0.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Skopje in FebruaryNorth Macedonia · 149 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 43 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.