Korçë climate — normals and trends
Korçë (Albania) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 725 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 (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Korçë averages 98 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 113 rainy days per year.
Korçë has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 113 to 83 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -30.0 °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
KorçëKorçë County
- coords
- 40.62°, 20.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
725mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
9.6km/h
Seasonal range
20.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
98 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
113 d/yr
Annual snowfall
124.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
35.1 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-30.0 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
71 mm
11 December 2021
Windiest day
25.9 km/h
5 September 2023
Strongest gust
96.5 km/h
11 February 1983
Hottest feels-like
35.9 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-34.2 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
36.8 cm
11 December 2021
Sunniest day
14.8 h
22 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 72 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 27 mm | -46 mm |
| Mar | 12.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 88 mm | +17 mm |
| Apr | 14.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 85 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 111 mm | +49 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 12 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 28.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 9 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 23 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 23 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 14.8 °C | -1.3 °C | 141 mm | +75 mm |
| Nov | 12.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 151 mm | +61 mm |
| Dec | 8.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 50 mm | -39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Korçë?
Korçë has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 725 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Korçë?
The hottest day measured in Korçë between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Korçë?
The coldest day measured in Korçë between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -30.0 °C.
Does it snow in Korçë?
Yes. Korçë gets on average 124.7 cm of snow per year and has around 98 frost days.
Has the climate of Korçë warmed?
Yes: Korçë warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Korçë?
The wettest day measured in Korçë between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2021, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Korçë?
The windiest day measured in Korçë between 1940 and 2025 was 5 September 2023, with winds reaching 25.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Korçë?
The warmest month in Korçë is August (19.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Korçë?
Korçë receives on average 725 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Korçë?
Korçë 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 Korçë?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Korçë between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2021, with 36.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Korçë?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Korçë.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Korçë?
In Korçë, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.9 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -34.2 °C on 30 December 1941.
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