Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbasan weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Elbasan: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tirana (33 km away). In March its highs average 15.0°C, about as warm as Elbasan, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Elbasan ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 14.5°C; Elbasan is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 99 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Tirana in MarchAlbania · 33 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Durrës in MarchAlbania · 58 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Vlorë in MarchAlbania · 87 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Shkodër in MarchAlbania · 116 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Prilep in MarchNorth Macedonia · 126 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Prizren in MarchKosovo · 134 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MarchKosovo · 144 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Skopje in MarchNorth Macedonia · 149 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 56 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.