Climate averages 1991–2020
Shkodër weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Shkodër: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Podgorica (46 km away). In March its highs average 13.4°C, about as warm as Shkodër, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Shkodër ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 14.5°C; Shkodër is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 143 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Podgorica in MarchMontenegro · 46 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 189 mm rain
- Durrës in MarchAlbania · 83 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MarchKosovo · 83 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Tirana in MarchAlbania · 86 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Prizren in MarchKosovo · 102 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MarchKosovo · 113 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Elbasan in MarchAlbania · 116 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in MarchKosovo · 143 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 61 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.