Climate averages 1991–2020
Tirana weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Tirana: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Durrës (30 km away). In May its highs average 20.8°C, 1.9°C cooler than Tirana, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Tirana ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 22.4°C; Tirana is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Durrës in MayAlbania · 30 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Elbasan in MayAlbania · 33 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Shkodër in MayAlbania · 86 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Vlorë in MayAlbania · 99 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Prizren in MayKosovo · 125 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Gjakovë in MayKosovo · 128 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Podgorica in MayMontenegro · 132 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Suva Reka in MayKosovo · 142 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 91 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.