Climate averages 1991–2020
Shkodër weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Shkodër: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Podgorica (46 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, about as warm as Shkodër, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Shkodër ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 22.4°C; Shkodër is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 17.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 143 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Podgorica in MayMontenegro · 46 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Durrës in MayAlbania · 83 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MayKosovo · 83 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Tirana in MayAlbania · 86 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Prizren in MayKosovo · 102 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MayKosovo · 113 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Elbasan in MayAlbania · 116 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in MayKosovo · 143 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.3°C · 74 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.