Bilisht climate — normals and trends
Bilisht (Albania) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 716 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (19.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Bilisht averages 93 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Bilisht has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 114 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.5 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -24.7 °C (on 30 December 1941).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BilishtKorçë County
- coords
- 40.63°, 20.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
716mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
9.3km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
133.3 cm
Average feels-like high
12.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
31.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.5 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-24.7 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
59 mm
11 December 2021
Windiest day
24.1 km/h
5 August 1941
Strongest gust
100.4 km/h
26 March 1983
Hottest feels-like
35.3 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-29.3 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
38.6 cm
11 December 2021
Sunniest day
14.8 h
25 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.0 °C | +4.6 °C | 64 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 5.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 22 mm | -41 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +4.4 °C | 94 mm | +27 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 101 mm | +31 mm |
| May | 16.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 132 mm | +63 mm |
| Jun | 25.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 12 mm | -35 mm |
| Jul | 28.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 8 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 26.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 28 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 25 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 14.2 °C | -1.2 °C | 125 mm | +59 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 142 mm | +59 mm |
| Dec | 7.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 58 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bilisht?
Bilisht has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 716 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bilisht?
The hottest day measured in Bilisht between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 34.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bilisht?
The coldest day measured in Bilisht between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -24.7 °C.
Does it snow in Bilisht?
Yes. Bilisht gets on average 133.3 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Bilisht warmed?
Yes: Bilisht warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bilisht?
The wettest day measured in Bilisht between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2021, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bilisht?
The windiest day measured in Bilisht between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1941, with winds reaching 24.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bilisht?
The warmest month in Bilisht is August (19.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Bilisht?
Bilisht receives on average 716 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bilisht?
Bilisht gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bilisht?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bilisht between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2021, with 38.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bilisht?
Yes: Bilisht has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bilisht?
In Bilisht, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.3 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -29.3 °C on 30 December 1941.
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