Climate averages 1991–2020
Gjakovë weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Gjakovë: daytime highs average 7.0°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prizren (31 km away). In February its highs average 7.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Gjakovë, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Gjakovë ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 7.1°C; Gjakovë is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Prizren in FebruaryKosovo · 31 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Suva Reka in FebruaryKosovo · 32 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in FebruaryKosovo · 66 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Pristina in FebruaryKosovo · 69 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Shkodër in FebruaryAlbania · 83 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in FebruarySerbia · 84 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Skopje in FebruaryNorth Macedonia · 93 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Podgorica in FebruaryMontenegro · 96 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 195 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.