Climate averages 1991–2020
Tirana weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Tirana: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Durrës (30 km away). In September its highs average 24.3°C, 1.3°C cooler than Tirana, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Tirana ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 5 cities is 25.3°C; Tirana is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Durrës in SeptemberAlbania · 30 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Elbasan in SeptemberAlbania · 33 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 75 mm rain
- Shkodër in SeptemberAlbania · 86 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Vlorë in SeptemberAlbania · 99 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Prizren in SeptemberKosovo · 125 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Gjakovë in SeptemberKosovo · 128 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Podgorica in SeptemberMontenegro · 132 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 164 mm rain
- Suva Reka in SeptemberKosovo · 142 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 55 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.