Climate averages 1991–2020
Tirana weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Tirana: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Durrës (30 km away). In December its highs average 12.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Tirana, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Tirana ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 11.6°C; Tirana is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 103 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Durrës in DecemberAlbania · 30 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 8.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Elbasan in DecemberAlbania · 33 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Shkodër in DecemberAlbania · 86 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 225 mm rain
- Vlorë in DecemberAlbania · 99 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Prizren in DecemberKosovo · 125 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Gjakovë in DecemberKosovo · 128 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Podgorica in DecemberMontenegro · 132 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 271 mm rain
- Suva Reka in DecemberKosovo · 142 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 77 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.