Climate averages 1991–2020
Tirana weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Tirana: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Durrës (30 km away). In March its highs average 14.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Tirana, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Tirana ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 14.5°C; Tirana is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 18.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 102 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Durrës in MarchAlbania · 30 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Elbasan in MarchAlbania · 33 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Shkodër in MarchAlbania · 86 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Vlorë in MarchAlbania · 99 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Prizren in MarchKosovo · 125 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MarchKosovo · 128 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Podgorica in MarchMontenegro · 132 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.4°C · 189 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MarchKosovo · 142 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.2°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 Tirana) is explained once on the Tirana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.