What is the weather like in Albania, month by month?
Warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters, at least on the coast. The table gives Vlorë's averages for 1961–1990, the climatological normals Albania reported to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for its station on the Riviera.
Read the last column as a dry-or-wet test: in three years out of five, that month's rain stayed below the figure shown. The year as a whole averaged 880 mm of rain and 2,745 h of sunshine.
| Month | Average high | Average low (night) | Rain, 3 years in 5 below |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2 °C | 4.8 °C | 113.5 mm |
| February | 13.9 °C | 5.3 °C | 86.3 mm |
| March | 15.9 °C | 6.6 °C | 90.4 mm |
| April | 19.0 °C | 9.6 °C | 65.3 mm |
| May | 23.2 °C | 13.2 °C | 56.8 mm |
| June | 27.0 °C | 16.6 °C | 19.1 mm |
| July | 29.7 °C | 18.4 °C | 12.4 mm |
| August | 29.8 °C | 18.3 °C | 21.1 mm |
| September | 27.0 °C | 15.9 °C | 69.2 mm |
| October | 22.8 °C | 12.5 °C | 124.1 mm |
| November | 18.2 °C | 9.5 °C | 138.4 mm |
| December | 14.5 °C | 6.3 °C | 145.0 mm |
When does the summer of nights start and end?
With the heat, in June. In 2026 the weekly nights on this website ran from June to the end of August: Greg Beach Club's white Sundays went from 7 June to 30 August, as our piece on the white parties of 2026 tells.
June already averages 27.0 °C by day and 16.6 °C at night in Vlorë; July and August, the core of the season, reach 29.7 °C and 29.8 °C, with lows near 18.4 °C. That is the warmth that carried the club nights of Ksamil, which in 2026 ran until 04:30.
The calendar lists the nights month by month once they are on sale, and the 2027 page gathers what has been announced for summer 2027.
How hot does it get in July and August?
Hot by day and warm at night. The average high peaks at 29.8 °C in August, but single days go much further: the highest reading in the series is 41.6 °C, in July, and June reached 41.0 °C.
Nights hold the warmth, with an average low of about 18.4 °C in July and August. A sunset boat or a pool party still has the day's heat in the air; the walk home at dawn is closer to the night's low.
Is September still summer on the Riviera?
By day, yes: September's average high, 27.0 °C, equals June's, and nights average 15.9 °C. What changes is the rain: in three Septembers out of five it stayed under 69.2 mm, against 21.1 mm in August.
The 2026 calendar of this website ended there too. Its last night with a date was La Parisienne at Greg Beach Club, on 2 September 2026, one of the French nights of 2026.
May and October: the edges of the season
Both are mild rather than hot: May averages 23.2 °C by day and 13.2 °C at night, October 22.8 °C and 12.5 °C.
October is when the wet season starts: in three years out of five its rain stayed under 124.1 mm, and the wettest months follow, November (138.4 mm) and December (145.0 mm).
Venues set their own dates around these edges. Principotes in Ksamil, for one, gives its season as May to September.
Winter on the coast
Mild and wet. January, the coolest month, averages 13.2 °C by day and 4.8 °C at night in Vlorë, and the lowest reading in the series is -7.0 °C.
The nights on this website are a summer affair, all on the coast between Sarandë and Ksamil. In winter, the city night of Tirana's Blloku does not depend on the beach.
Why Vlorë, and why 1961–1990?
Because those are the official monthly normals published for the Albanian coast. They are the WMO Climatological Standard Normals that Albania reported for 1961–1990, published by the US National Centers for Environmental Information (NOAA NCEI).
Albania does not appear in the 1991–2020 normals of the same archive, and we found no monthly normals published online by Albania's Institute of Geosciences. Of the six Albanian stations in the 1961–1990 set, Vlorë is the only one on the sea; Sarandë and Ksamil, further south, have no series of their own there.
Averages describe thirty years, not next week: for a given night, check the forecast.
