Climate averages 1991–2020
Vlorë 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 Vlorë: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elbasan (87 km away). In May its highs average 23.0°C, about as warm as Vlorë, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Albania, Vlorë ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 22.4°C; Vlorë is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 43 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Elbasan in MayAlbania · 87 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Durrës in MayAlbania · 95 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Tirana in MayAlbania · 99 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Lecce in MayItaly · 112 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Brindisi in MayItaly · 132 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Shkodër in MayAlbania · 178 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Taranto in MayItaly · 189 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Prilep in MayNorth Macedonia · 199 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 52 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.