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Sarandë's port is small, but boats to the Greek island of Corfu leave from it many times a day in summer, and cruise ships sometimes stop there.

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Sarandë's port is small, but boats to the Greek island of Corfu leave from it many times a day in summer, and cruise ships sometimes stop there.

Climate by month

Thirty-year normals for Port of Sarandë, computed for this Atlas from daily ERA5 reanalysis over 1994–2023. These are long-run averages, not a forecast: any individual year can differ substantially.

The warmest month is August (mean daily high 31°C), the coldest is January (mean daily low 5°C), and the wettest is November (206 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 1,225 mm. Sea temperature peaks in August at about 26°C.

MonthHighLow RainWet daysSun/day Sea
January 12°C 5°C 143 mm 12 7.2 h 16°C
February 13°C 5°C 124 mm 11 8.0 h 15°C
March 15°C 7°C 112 mm 11 9.6 h 16°C
April 19°C 10°C 78 mm 10 10.9 h 16°C
May 23°C 14°C 52 mm 8 12.1 h 19°C
June 28°C 19°C 27 mm 4 13.6 h 24°C
July 31°C 21°C 14 mm 2 13.8 h 26°C
August 31°C 22°C 22 mm 3 12.9 h 26°C
September 26°C 18°C 109 mm 8 10.7 h 26°C
October 22°C 14°C 144 mm 10 9.1 h 25°C
November 17°C 10°C 206 mm 13 7.1 h 21°C
December 13°C 6°C 195 mm 13 6.5 h 18°C

Source: ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 1994–2023 · “High” and “Low” are mean daily maximum and minimum air temperature. “Wet days” counts days with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Get this as JSON

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SarandëHafen — Port of Sarandë, Albania
SarandëHafen Joergsam · CC BY-SA 3.0

Connected subjects

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Nearby

City

Sarandë

The Ionian resort town facing Corfu, and the arrival point for most visitors to southern Albania.

SarandaVlore
Town

Ksamil

Four small islands and very clear shallow water; the most photographed and most crowded stretch of the Albanian coast.

KsamiliVlore
Ferry route

Sarandë – Corfu Ferry

The busiest sea crossing into southern Albania, and the usual day-trip link with Greece.

Vlore

Related subjects

City

Sarandë

The Ionian resort town facing Corfu, and the arrival point for most visitors to southern Albania.

SarandaVlore

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Port of Sarandë — English Wikipedia · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Used to ground the deep-research section and as a discovery aid; not relied on alone for contested claims.
  • Wikidata — Wikidata item Q7231260 · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year.
  • Open-Meteo / ECMWF — Monthly climate normals, 1994–2023 · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Computed here from daily ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo over 1994–2023.
  • Wikimedia Commons — Photographs · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Each photograph carries its own creator, licence and file link beneath it. Only public-domain, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA files are published.

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