Climate averages 1991–2020
Tirana weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tirana: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Durrës (30 km away). In August its highs average 27.6°C, 2.7°C cooler than Tirana, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Tirana ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest August highs and joint 3rd of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 30.0°C; Tirana is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Durrës in AugustAlbania · 30 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Elbasan in AugustAlbania · 33 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Shkodër in AugustAlbania · 86 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Vlorë in AugustAlbania · 99 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Prizren in AugustKosovo · 125 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Gjakovë in AugustKosovo · 128 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Podgorica in AugustMontenegro · 132 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Suva Reka in AugustKosovo · 142 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.2°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 Tirana) is explained once on the Tirana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.