Climate averages 1991–2020
Shkodër weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Shkodër: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Podgorica (46 km away). In April its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Shkodër, with 158 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Shkodër ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 18.0°C; Shkodër is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 113 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Shkodër climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 166 | 11.4 | 9.59 h |
| February | 10.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 170 | 11.8 | 10.511 h |
| March | 13.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 163 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 143 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 113 | 9.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 26.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 61 | 5.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 29.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 40 | 4.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 48 | 3.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 181 | 8.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 206 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 252 | 12.5 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 225 | 13.4 | 9.29 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
April in nearby cities
- Podgorica in AprilMontenegro · 46 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Durrës in AprilAlbania · 83 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Gjakovë in AprilKosovo · 83 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Tirana in AprilAlbania · 86 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Prizren in AprilKosovo · 102 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Suva Reka in AprilKosovo · 113 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Elbasan in AprilAlbania · 116 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in AprilKosovo · 143 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 69 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 Shkodër) is explained once on the Shkodër year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.