Climate averages 1991–2020
Tirana weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Tirana: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Durrës (30 km away). In October its highs average 20.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Tirana, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Tirana ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 21.0°C; Tirana is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 118 mm to 141 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Durrës in OctoberAlbania · 30 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 16.0°C · 145 mm rain
- Elbasan in OctoberAlbania · 33 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Shkodër in OctoberAlbania · 86 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 206 mm rain
- Vlorë in OctoberAlbania · 99 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Prizren in OctoberKosovo · 125 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Gjakovë in OctoberKosovo · 128 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Podgorica in OctoberMontenegro · 132 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Suva Reka in OctoberKosovo · 142 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 61 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.