Tepelenë climate — normals and trends
Tepelenë (Albania) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 1,416 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Tepelenë averages 43 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Tepelenë has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 51 to 35 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -25.4 °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
TepelenëGjirokastër County
- coords
- 40.30°, 20.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.2°C
Average daily high
17.9°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,416mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
8.0km/h
Seasonal range
19.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
43 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
22 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
37.3 cm
Average feels-like high
17.5 °C
Average feels-like low
7.0 °C
Average peak gust
38.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · 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
38.1 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-25.4 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
162 mm
1 December 2017
Windiest day
22.7 km/h
30 March 1950
Strongest gust
131.8 km/h
12 February 1956
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-30.3 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
25.7 cm
18 March 1999
Sunniest day
14.7 h
14 June 2012
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 | 11.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 147 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 10.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 65 mm | -76 mm |
| Mar | 15.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 128 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 81 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 94 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 29.5 °C | +4.5 °C | 9 mm | -46 mm |
| Jul | 31.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 6 mm | -24 mm |
| Aug | 29.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 91 mm | +55 mm |
| Sep | 25.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 23 mm | -68 mm |
| Oct | 17.7 °C | -1.4 °C | 200 mm | +41 mm |
| Nov | 14.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 634 mm | +416 mm |
| Dec | 11.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 48 mm | -141 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tepelenë?
Tepelenë has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 1,416 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tepelenë?
The hottest day measured in Tepelenë between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 38.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tepelenë?
The coldest day measured in Tepelenë between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -25.4 °C.
Does it snow in Tepelenë?
Yes. Tepelenë gets on average 37.3 cm of snow per year and has around 43 frost days.
Has the climate of Tepelenë warmed?
Yes: Tepelenë warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tepelenë?
The wettest day measured in Tepelenë between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 2017, with 162 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tepelenë?
The windiest day measured in Tepelenë between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1950, with winds reaching 22.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tepelenë?
The warmest month in Tepelenë is August (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Tepelenë?
Tepelenë receives on average 1,416 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tepelenë?
Tepelenë gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tepelenë?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tepelenë between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 1999, with 25.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tepelenë?
Yes: Tepelenë has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tepelenë?
In Tepelenë, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -30.3 °C on 30 December 1941.
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