Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbasan weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Elbasan: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (33 km away). In January its highs average 10.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Elbasan, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Elbasan ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 10.5°C; Elbasan is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 90 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Tirana in JanuaryAlbania · 33 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Durrës in JanuaryAlbania · 58 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Vlorë in JanuaryAlbania · 87 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Shkodër in JanuaryAlbania · 116 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 166 mm rain
- Prilep in JanuaryNorth Macedonia · 126 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Prizren in JanuaryKosovo · 134 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Gjakovë in JanuaryKosovo · 144 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Skopje in JanuaryNorth Macedonia · 149 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -1.8°C · 45 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.