Climate averages 1991–2020
Tirana weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Tirana: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 50 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Durrës (30 km away). In July its highs average 27.0°C, 2.7°C cooler than Tirana, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Tirana ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest July highs and joint 2nd of 5 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 5 cities is 29.5°C; Tirana is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Durrës in JulyAlbania · 30 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Elbasan in JulyAlbania · 33 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Shkodër in JulyAlbania · 86 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Vlorë in JulyAlbania · 99 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Prizren in JulyKosovo · 125 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Gjakovë in JulyKosovo · 128 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Podgorica in JulyMontenegro · 132 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Suva Reka in JulyKosovo · 142 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 47 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.