Shëngjin climate — normals and trends
Shëngjin (Albania) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,472 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Shëngjin averages 2 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Shëngjin has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 4 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.6 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -7.5 °C (on 24 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
ShëngjinLezhë County
- coords
- 41.81°, 19.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
18.3°C
Average daily low
14.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,472mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
16.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
2 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.8 cm
Average feels-like high
18.2 °C
Average feels-like low
13.2 °C
Average peak gust
28.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
90 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
33.6 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-7.5 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
119 mm
19 September 1973
Windiest day
59.7 km/h
17 October 1975
Strongest gust
100.4 km/h
13 December 1957
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
19 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-13.7 °C
24 January 1963
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
9 February 1965
Sunniest day
14.8 h
14 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 157 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 12.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 42 mm | -103 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 114 mm | -14 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 44 mm | -68 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 87 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -46 mm |
| Jul | 27.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 21 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 27.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 117 mm | +71 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 47 mm | -69 mm |
| Oct | 19.0 °C | -1.0 °C | 199 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 16.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 487 mm | +247 mm |
| Dec | 14.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 30 mm | -164 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Shëngjin?
Shëngjin has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,472 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shëngjin?
The hottest day measured in Shëngjin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 33.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Shëngjin?
The coldest day measured in Shëngjin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -7.5 °C.
Does it snow in Shëngjin?
Yes. Shëngjin gets on average 6.8 cm of snow per year and has around 2 frost days.
Has the climate of Shëngjin warmed?
Yes: Shëngjin warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Shëngjin?
The wettest day measured in Shëngjin between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 1973, with 119 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Shëngjin?
The windiest day measured in Shëngjin between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1975, with winds reaching 59.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Shëngjin?
The warmest month in Shëngjin is August (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Shëngjin?
Shëngjin receives on average 1,472 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Shëngjin?
Shëngjin gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Shëngjin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Shëngjin between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1965, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Shëngjin?
Yes: Shëngjin has on average 90 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shëngjin?
In Shëngjin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 19 July 2024, and the lowest was -13.7 °C on 24 January 1963.
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