Climate averages 1991–2020
Gjakovë weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Gjakovë: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prizren (31 km away). In August its highs average 29.0°C, 1.0°C warmer than Gjakovë, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Gjakovë ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 28.3°C; Gjakovë is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 56 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
Gjakovë climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 63 | 9.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 7.0°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 64 | 10.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 75 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 75 | 13.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 10.9 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 51 | 8.9 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 28.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 37 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 78 | 10.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 87 | 11.2 | 9.19 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
- Prizren in AugustKosovo · 31 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Suva Reka in AugustKosovo · 32 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in AugustKosovo · 66 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Pristina in AugustKosovo · 69 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Shkodër in AugustAlbania · 83 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in AugustSerbia · 84 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Skopje in AugustNorth Macedonia · 93 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Podgorica in AugustMontenegro · 96 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 41 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 Gjakovë) is explained once on the Gjakovë year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.