Climate averages 1991–2020
Vlorë weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Vlorë: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elbasan (87 km away). In August its highs average 30.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Vlorë, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Vlorë ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest August highs and joint 3rd of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 30.0°C; Vlorë is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 103 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Vlorë climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 91 | 10.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 96 | 10.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 102 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 90 | 11.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 69 | 9.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 43 | 6.7 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 31 | 5.0 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 31.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 32 | 5.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 103 | 9.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 117 | 9.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 142 | 12.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 12.8°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 131 | 12.8 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Elbasan in AugustAlbania · 87 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Durrës in AugustAlbania · 95 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Tirana in AugustAlbania · 99 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Lecce in AugustItaly · 112 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Brindisi in AugustItaly · 132 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Shkodër in AugustAlbania · 178 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Taranto in AugustItaly · 189 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Prilep in AugustNorth Macedonia · 199 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 21 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 Vlorë) is explained once on the Vlorë year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.