Climate guideThirty-year normals for Shkodër
Shkodër climate by month
Humid subtropical · CfaBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing20°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,800 mm150 wet days a year
42.07° N, 19.51° EElevation 12 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goShkodër · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low23° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Shkodër has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 34° and nights 19°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 11° and lows of 1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 20°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 1,800 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (89 mm, 15 wet days) and August the driest (65 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in July to 42% in December.
Compared with Tirana, the capital, Shkodër is 2.5° warmer on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · August
- Coldest nights
- 1° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 10% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 14 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 08 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 11° | 13° | 17° | 21° | 26° | 31° | 34° | 34° | 29° | 23° | 18° | 12° |
| Average low | 1° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 13° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 15° | 11° | 7° | 3° |
| Precipitation | 180 mm | 172 mm | 160 mm | 145 mm | 89 mm | 68 mm | 41 mm | 65 mm | 173 mm | 213 mm | 252 mm | 242 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 14.8 | 13 | 10.3 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 13.2 | 14.2 |
| Cloud cover | 39% | 38% | 37% | 36% | 28% | 18% | 10% | 10% | 21% | 30% | 38% | 42% |
| Daylight | 9h 27 | 10h 35 | 11h 53 | 13h 20 | 14h 33 | 15h 14 | 14h 57 | 13h 54 | 12h 31 | 11h 08 | 9h 50 | 9h 08 |
| Month score | 29 | 38 | 60 | 67 | 62 | 46 | 40 | 41 | 59 | 75 | 63 | 32 |
ivMonth by month
Shkodër in every month
January29
11° / 1°
180 mm · 14.1 wet days
February38
13° / 2°
172 mm · 13.9 wet days
March60
17° / 5°
160 mm · 13.7 wet days
April67
21° / 8°
145 mm · 12.8 wet days
May62
26° / 13°
89 mm · 14.8 wet days
June46
31° / 17°
68 mm · 13 wet days
July40
34° / 19°
41 mm · 10.3 wet days
August41
34° / 19°
65 mm · 8.8 wet days
September59
29° / 15°
173 mm · 10.8 wet days
October75
23° / 11°
213 mm · 10.7 wet days
November63
18° / 7°
252 mm · 13.2 wet days
December32
12° / 3°
242 mm · 14.2 wet days