Climate averages 1991–2020
Tirana weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Tirana: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Durrës (30 km away). In April its highs average 16.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Tirana, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Tirana ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 18.0°C; Tirana is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 83 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
Tirana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 103 | 10.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 11.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 107 | 10.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 113 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 102 | 12.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 83 | 11.0 | 14.514 h |
| June | 26.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 48 | 7.2 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 31 | 5.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 30.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 32 | 5.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 96 | 9.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 118 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 16.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 141 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 11.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 136 | 12.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Durrës in AprilAlbania · 30 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Elbasan in AprilAlbania · 33 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Shkodër in AprilAlbania · 86 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 143 mm rain
- Vlorë in AprilAlbania · 99 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Prizren in AprilKosovo · 125 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Gjakovë in AprilKosovo · 128 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Podgorica in AprilMontenegro · 132 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 158 mm rain
- Suva Reka in AprilKosovo · 142 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 84 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 Tirana) is explained once on the Tirana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.