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Tirana in December

Cool and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Tirana is cool: highs near 57°F, lows near 40°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 14 minutes.December in Tirana is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 14 minutes.

High
57°F14°Caverage
Low
40°F4°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
9h 14mon average

Is December a good time to visit Tirana?

December sits outside Tirana's best months, which run in two parts: May, or September to October. Expect cool days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 57°F in December, against 55°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in December, against 13°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in December, against 18% to 45% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in December, against 15% to 59% through the year.

Daylight

9h 14m in December, against 9h 14m to 15h 06m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November66°19°low 47°low 8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December57°14°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January55°13°low 36°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Tirana sits, in December

Europe/Tirane
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:59 AMsets 4:12 PM
Above the sea
110 mlow-lying
Latitude
41.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Tirana, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Tirana is our one place in Albania so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Tirana

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Tirana. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (110 m) against the climate model's (225 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (110 m) against the climate model's (225 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.