Climate averages 1991–2020
Shkodër weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Shkodër: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Podgorica (46 km away). In January its highs average 8.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Shkodër, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Shkodër ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 10.5°C; Shkodër is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 166 mm to 170 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
Shkodër climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Podgorica in JanuaryMontenegro · 46 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 180 mm rain
- Durrës in JanuaryAlbania · 83 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Gjakovë in JanuaryKosovo · 83 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Tirana in JanuaryAlbania · 86 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Prizren in JanuaryKosovo · 102 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Suva Reka in JanuaryKosovo · 113 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Elbasan in JanuaryAlbania · 116 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in JanuaryKosovo · 143 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 44 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.