Climate averages 1991–2020
Vlorë weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Vlorë: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elbasan (87 km away). In January its highs average 9.8°C, 2.0°C cooler than Vlorë, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Vlorë ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 10.5°C; Vlorë is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 96 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Elbasan in JanuaryAlbania · 87 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Durrës in JanuaryAlbania · 95 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Tirana in JanuaryAlbania · 99 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Lecce in JanuaryItaly · 112 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Brindisi in JanuaryItaly · 132 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Shkodër in JanuaryAlbania · 178 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 166 mm rain
- Taranto in JanuaryItaly · 189 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Prilep in JanuaryNorth Macedonia · 199 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.9°C · 45 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.