Elbasan climate — normals and trends
Elbasan (Albania) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 967 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 July (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Elbasan averages 39 frost days, 44 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Elbasan has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 46 to 32 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.5 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -18.6 °C (on 2 January 1942).
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
ElbasanElbasan County
- coords
- 41.11°, 20.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.0°C
Average daily high
19.5°C
Average daily low
9.0°C
Annual rainfall
967mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
19.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
39 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
44 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
26.1 cm
Average feels-like high
19.0 °C
Average feels-like low
7.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
40.5 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-18.6 °C
2 January 1942
Wettest day
96 mm
10 October 1980
Windiest day
29.9 km/h
2 December 1962
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
23 February 1999
Hottest feels-like
42.2 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-23.3 °C
2 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.2 cm
20 March 2009
Sunniest day
14.8 h
16 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 102 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 12.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 25 mm | -69 mm |
| Mar | 17.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 134 mm | +38 mm |
| Apr | 19.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 76 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 78 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 31.6 °C | +4.9 °C | 7 mm | -44 mm |
| Jul | 32.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 8 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 32.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 43 mm | +12 mm |
| Sep | 27.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 37 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 19.5 °C | -1.4 °C | 152 mm | +62 mm |
| Nov | 16.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 275 mm | +157 mm |
| Dec | 13.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 27 mm | -88 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Elbasan?
Elbasan has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.0 °C and it receives 967 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Elbasan?
The hottest day measured in Elbasan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 40.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Elbasan?
The coldest day measured in Elbasan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1942, at -18.6 °C.
Does it snow in Elbasan?
Yes. Elbasan gets on average 26.1 cm of snow per year and has around 39 frost days.
Has the climate of Elbasan warmed?
Yes: Elbasan warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Elbasan?
The wettest day measured in Elbasan between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1980, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Elbasan?
The windiest day measured in Elbasan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1962, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Elbasan?
The warmest month in Elbasan is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Elbasan?
Elbasan receives on average 967 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Elbasan?
Elbasan gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Elbasan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Elbasan between 1940 and 2025 was 20 March 2009, with 18.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Elbasan?
Yes: Elbasan has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Elbasan?
In Elbasan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -23.3 °C on 2 January 1942.
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