Gjirokastër climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gjirokastër?

Gjirokastër has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 1,456 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gjirokastër?

The hottest day measured in Gjirokastër between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1957, reaching 38.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gjirokastër?

The coldest day measured in Gjirokastër between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -27.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gjirokastër?

Yes. Gjirokastër gets on average 35.9 cm of snow per year and has around 49 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Gjirokastër warmed?

Yes: Gjirokastër warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Gjirokastër?

The wettest day measured in Gjirokastër between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 2002, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gjirokastër?

The windiest day measured in Gjirokastër between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1941, with winds reaching 21.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gjirokastër?

The warmest month in Gjirokastër is July (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gjirokastër?

Gjirokastër receives on average 1,456 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gjirokastër?

Gjirokastër gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gjirokastër (Albania) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 1,456 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Gjirokastër averages 49 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.

Gjirokastër has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 57 to 41 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 13 August 1957) and the coldest -27.4 °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

GjirokastërGjirokastër County

coords: 40.08°, 20.14°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

13.3°C

Average daily high

18.1°C

Average daily low

8.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,456mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

7.7km/h

Seasonal range

19.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

49 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

25 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

124 d/yr

Annual snowfall

35.9 cm

Average feels-like high

17.8 °C

Average feels-like low

6.7 °C

Average peak gust

35.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

6 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

38.3 °C

13 August 1957

Coldest day

-27.4 °C

30 December 1941

Wettest day

140 mm

23 September 2002

Windiest day

21.3 km/h

26 April 1941

Strongest gust

123.8 km/h

24 March 2008

Hottest feels-like

41.2 °C

7 July 1988

Coldest feels-like

-32.3 °C

30 December 1941

Snowiest day

28.4 cm

18 March 1999

Sunniest day

14.7 h

16 June 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.7 °C25 July 2025	-2.7 °C9 February 2025	15.0 °C	1,534 mm	53	17
2024	36.9 °C15 August 2024	-8.9 °C22 January 2024	15.5 °C	1,262 mm	71	22
2023	36.3 °C18 July 2023	-6.1 °C8 February 2023	14.4 °C	1,656 mm	37	31
2022	33.7 °C24 July 2022	-8.4 °C3 February 2022	14.2 °C	1,389 mm	42	42
2021	36.4 °C29 July 2021	-8.6 °C28 January 2021	14.2 °C	1,917 mm	51	32
2020	33.7 °C31 July 2020	-7.0 °C9 January 2020	14.1 °C	1,166 mm	38	40
2019	34.1 °C12 August 2019	-15.1 °C6 January 2019	14.1 °C	1,430 mm	36	41
2018	31.2 °C8 June 2018	-5.7 °C28 December 2018	14.5 °C	1,742 mm	12	33
2017	35.2 °C7 August 2017	-11.2 °C12 January 2017	13.8 °C	1,351 mm	46	35
2016	32.8 °C21 June 2016	-6.5 °C19 December 2016	13.9 °C	1,805 mm	21	42
2015	34.7 °C31 July 2015	-6.1 °C12 February 2015	13.9 °C	1,554 mm	43	57
2014	32.3 °C28 August 2014	-4.1 °C31 December 2014	13.8 °C	1,582 mm	7	20
2013	33.4 °C30 July 2013	-7.6 °C9 December 2013	13.9 °C	1,688 mm	26	35
2012	36.5 °C7 August 2012	-13.6 °C15 January 2012	13.8 °C	1,690 mm	45	55
2011	33.6 °C25 August 2011	-7.5 °C24 December 2011	13.3 °C	932 mm	31	65
2010	33.3 °C16 August 2010	-5.7 °C17 December 2010	13.7 °C	2,398 mm	27	34
2009	34.9 °C24 July 2009	-5.2 °C20 February 2009	13.7 °C	1,702 mm	18	36
2008	33.0 °C14 August 2008	-8.8 °C18 February 2008	13.6 °C	1,194 mm	41	43
2007	37.8 °C24 July 2007	-6.3 °C23 December 2007	13.6 °C	1,189 mm	41	43
2006	36.2 °C19 August 2006	-10.9 °C8 February 2006	12.7 °C	1,118 mm	25	70
2005	34.5 °C2 August 2005	-8.5 °C20 December 2005	12.7 °C	1,758 mm	16	71
2004	32.4 °C10 July 2004	-13.2 °C31 January 2004	13.0 °C	1,605 mm	13	54
2003	34.5 °C19 August 2003	-14.0 °C8 February 2003	13.7 °C	1,409 mm	47	56
2002	32.7 °C15 July 2002	-8.2 °C13 January 2002	13.3 °C	1,411 mm	16	39
2001	33.7 °C10 August 2001	-19.1 °C20 December 2001	13.3 °C	1,176 mm	25	57
2000	37.1 °C5 July 2000	-17.2 °C26 January 2000	13.3 °C	1,045 mm	34	72
1999	36.7 °C10 August 1999	-12.3 °C3 February 1999	13.7 °C	1,541 mm	19	59
1998	34.9 °C2 July 1998	-9.4 °C25 December 1998	13.4 °C	1,302 mm	31	51
1997	34.6 °C5 July 1997	-5.9 °C31 January 1997	13.1 °C	1,049 mm	9	49
1996	32.2 °C8 July 1996	-14.2 °C26 February 1996	12.8 °C	1,814 mm	12	37
1995	30.2 °C28 July 1995	-9.1 °C18 January 1995	12.8 °C	1,375 mm	4	46
1994	34.5 °C11 August 1994	-5.6 °C4 December 1994	13.9 °C	1,071 mm	31	40
1993	34.2 °C26 August 1993	-17.1 °C7 January 1993	12.9 °C	1,178 mm	26	74
1992	31.5 °C12 August 1992	-9.1 °C2 January 1992	12.8 °C	1,077 mm	23	80
1991	31.5 °C13 August 1991	-9.3 °C3 February 1991	12.3 °C	1,299 mm	7	66
1990	31.6 °C1 August 1990	-8.0 °C10 January 1990	13.5 °C	982 mm	13	57
1989	31.0 °C18 August 1989	-11.4 °C31 December 1989	12.9 °C	1,227 mm	7	63
1988	37.9 °C6 July 1988	-17.6 °C19 December 1988	13.3 °C	1,082 mm	37	55
1987	36.3 °C25 July 1987	-15.3 °C12 March 1987	13.1 °C	1,334 mm	24	44
1986	31.2 °C3 August 1986	-17.5 °C27 December 1986	13.3 °C	1,180 mm	17	48
1985	33.2 °C22 July 1985	-14.3 °C12 January 1985	13.6 °C	1,445 mm	29	38
1984	32.2 °C2 July 1984	-5.6 °C9 December 1984	13.0 °C	1,138 mm	10	27
1983	32.4 °C29 July 1983	-11.8 °C22 January 1983	12.9 °C	1,132 mm	9	49
1982	35.3 °C26 June 1982	-5.3 °C30 December 1982	13.3 °C	1,197 mm	23	47
1981	36.2 °C4 August 1981	-8.5 °C1 December 1981	12.8 °C	1,659 mm	10	58
1980	33.2 °C11 July 1980	-20.0 °C5 January 1980	12.6 °C	1,922 mm	14	52
1979	33.5 °C2 August 1979	-18.7 °C17 January 1979	13.0 °C	1,934 mm	8	37
1978	33.7 °C13 July 1978	-5.9 °C9 January 1978	12.5 °C	1,617 mm	13	55
1977	33.8 °C30 August 1977	-5.3 °C7 January 1977	13.7 °C	1,105 mm	14	36
1976	28.6 °C17 July 1976	-5.2 °C9 February 1976	12.5 °C	1,612 mm	0	47
1975	33.4 °C17 September 1975	-6.1 °C5 January 1975	13.0 °C	1,170 mm	5	54
1974	36.6 °C16 July 1974	-7.6 °C16 January 1974	13.1 °C	1,755 mm	19	34
1973	35.4 °C18 July 1973	-10.2 °C1 December 1973	12.9 °C	1,712 mm	16	58
1972	32.3 °C12 August 1972	-5.5 °C23 December 1972	12.9 °C	1,875 mm	13	37
1971	33.7 °C8 August 1971	-8.3 °C12 December 1971	12.9 °C	1,721 mm	18	42
1970	33.2 °C8 August 1970	-14.0 °C18 February 1970	13.3 °C	1,790 mm	17	43
1969	31.8 °C16 August 1969	-7.6 °C7 January 1969	13.3 °C	1,762 mm	10	31
1968	34.8 °C10 July 1968	-19.4 °C14 January 1968	13.1 °C	1,539 mm	12	50
1967	34.3 °C6 August 1967	-13.3 °C22 December 1967	13.0 °C	1,289 mm	17	55
1966	32.1 °C5 August 1966	-9.1 °C21 January 1966	13.1 °C	1,960 mm	6	32
1965	34.3 °C26 July 1965	-12.4 °C22 February 1965	12.5 °C	1,433 mm	12	50
1964	30.3 °C24 August 1964	-7.0 °C18 January 1964	12.7 °C	1,662 mm	1	51
1963	34.9 °C16 August 1963	-20.3 °C26 January 1963	13.0 °C	2,157 mm	18	45
1962	34.8 °C7 August 1962	-10.6 °C5 February 1962	13.4 °C	1,895 mm	47	56
1961	34.3 °C12 August 1961	-8.3 °C21 January 1961	13.7 °C	1,086 mm	18	48
1960	33.9 °C28 August 1960	-8.4 °C15 January 1960	13.5 °C	2,120 mm	23	31
1959	30.9 °C12 August 1959	-14.7 °C12 January 1959	12.5 °C	1,572 mm	2	46
1958	34.8 °C24 August 1958	-6.2 °C24 February 1958	13.4 °C	1,606 mm	27	33
1957	38.3 °C13 August 1957	-12.1 °C20 January 1957	13.5 °C	1,187 mm	29	43
1956	35.2 °C8 August 1956	-19.4 °C9 February 1956	12.5 °C	1,857 mm	38	63
1955	32.9 °C22 July 1955	-7.8 °C5 March 1955	13.4 °C	1,652 mm	4	21
1954	33.1 °C29 July 1954	-10.6 °C25 February 1954	12.7 °C	1,431 mm	15	49
1953	33.8 °C28 July 1953	-13.5 °C10 February 1953	13.0 °C	1,155 mm	31	68
1952	37.1 °C22 August 1952	-12.7 °C11 February 1952	14.5 °C	1,455 mm	66	36
1951	37.5 °C10 August 1951	-5.1 °C23 January 1951	14.0 °C	1,306 mm	45	32
1950	35.4 °C29 August 1950	-5.8 °C14 January 1950	14.4 °C	1,313 mm	62	39
1949	33.8 °C18 July 1949	-16.2 °C5 March 1949	13.0 °C	1,211 mm	19	50
1948	35.6 °C10 August 1948	-18.3 °C29 December 1948	13.0 °C	857 mm	25	73
1947	35.6 °C1 August 1947	-11.0 °C10 January 1947	14.0 °C	1,441 mm	42	51
1946	37.5 °C7 September 1946	-14.4 °C8 January 1946	13.7 °C	1,386 mm	57	63
1945	36.8 °C29 July 1945	-16.1 °C31 January 1945	12.6 °C	1,149 mm	43	90
1944	33.8 °C9 September 1944	-6.9 °C8 February 1944	12.5 °C	1,495 mm	20	74
1943	35.4 °C22 July 1943	-11.7 °C5 January 1943	13.5 °C	1,023 mm	46	74
1942	32.3 °C20 June 1942	-23.6 °C2 January 1942	12.5 °C	1,079 mm	17	63
1941	33.8 °C4 August 1941	-27.4 °C30 December 1941	12.0 °C	1,507 mm	20	63
1940	33.1 °C27 July 1940	-18.5 °C3 January 1940	12.1 °C	1,615 mm	16	71

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

20.0 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

53 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

17 d/yr

-32

Annual rainfall

1534 mm

+78 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	11.6 °C	+3.5 °C	131 mm	-47 mm
Feb	10.7 °C	+1.1 °C	72 mm	-84 mm
Mar	15.6 °C	+3.0 °C	114 mm	-20 mm
Apr	17.9 °C	+1.6 °C	62 mm	-48 mm
May	21.3 °C	+0.3 °C	90 mm	+9 mm
Jun	29.7 °C	+4.4 °C	7 mm	-35 mm
Jul	31.7 °C	+3.2 °C	3 mm	-19 mm
Aug	30.1 °C	+1.3 °C	74 mm	+47 mm
Sep	26.2 °C	+1.6 °C	18 mm	-67 mm
Oct	17.9 °C	-1.4 °C	244 mm	+82 mm
Nov	15.0 °C	+1.2 °C	657 mm	+415 mm
Dec	12.1 °C	+2.7 °C	62 mm	-154 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.7 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-2.7 °C

9 Feb 2025

Wettest day

105.4 mm

18 Nov 2025

Windiest day

13.9 km/h

17 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

85.7 km/h

12 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.0 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-6.7 °C

20 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

4.3 cm

14 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.6 h

9 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gjirokastër?

Gjirokastër has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.3 °C and it receives 1,456 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gjirokastër?

The hottest day measured in Gjirokastër between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 1957, reaching 38.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gjirokastër?

The coldest day measured in Gjirokastër between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -27.4 °C.

Does it snow in Gjirokastër?

Yes. Gjirokastër gets on average 35.9 cm of snow per year and has around 49 frost days.

Has the climate of Gjirokastër warmed?

Yes: Gjirokastër warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Gjirokastër?

The wettest day measured in Gjirokastër between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 2002, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gjirokastër?

The windiest day measured in Gjirokastër between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1941, with winds reaching 21.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gjirokastër?

The warmest month in Gjirokastër is July (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Gjirokastër?

Gjirokastër receives on average 1,456 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gjirokastër?

Gjirokastër gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gjirokastër?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gjirokastër between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 1999, with 28.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Gjirokastër?

Yes: Gjirokastër has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gjirokastër?

In Gjirokastër, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -32.3 °C on 30 December 1941.

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