Tirana weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇱 Albania · coastal city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Tirana is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with May and April close behind. Tirana averages about 2,686 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 45 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,686
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 87/100
- Rain / year
- 874 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈11 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 28°C / 82°F
- Population
- 895k
- Elevation
- 36 m
When is the best time to visit Tirana?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Tirana is June, then May and April. The dullest month is January (13/100, 93 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Tirana?
Tirana gets a lot of sun: around 2,686 hours a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate June (87) from January (13), so the month you pick matters. It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in Albania. The year's 874 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 93 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
| February | 27 | 12° / 54°F | 3° / 37°F | 83 mm | 2 | 13° / 55°F |
| March | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 6° / 43°F | 77 mm | 3 | 16° / 61°F |
| April | 82 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 69 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| May | 83 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 64 mm | 6 | 22° / 72°F |
| June | 87 | 30° / 86°F | 19° / 66°F | 45 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| July | 72 | 34° / 93°F | 21° / 70°F | 29 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 63 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 27 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 81 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 74 mm | 5 | 26° / 79°F |
| October | 77 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 95 mm | 3 | 22° / 72°F |
| November | 56 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 109 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
| December | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 109 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
Sea temperature in Tirana by month
The sea off Tirana is warmest in July at around 28°C / 82°F, and coolest in February at 13°C / 55°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 6 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ohrid North Macedonia · 89 km · best in Jul · 2,335 h sun/yr
- Podgorica Montenegro · 112 km · best in Jun · 2,179 h sun/yr
- Tivat Montenegro · 138 km · best in Jul · 2,533 h sun/yr
- Pristina Kosovo · 169 km · best in Jul · 2,232 h sun/yr
- Skopje North Macedonia · 169 km · best in Sep · 2,397 h sun/yr
- Brindisi Italy · 171 km · best in Aug · 2,716 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kastoria Greece · 170 km · 2,479 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Tirana compares month by month: Tirana vs Podgorica · Tirana vs Brindisi · Tirana vs Ohrid · Tirana vs Tivat · all comparisons
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