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The Gorica Bridge over the river Osum in the town Berat , central Albania , September 2018
Karelj · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

River · Berat County

The Osum

The river that carved the Osum canyon and runs through the middle of Berat.

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Length
About 161 km
Notable
Cuts the Osum Canyon in Skrapar

In plain language

The Osum flows through a deep, narrow canyon and then past the old houses of Berat.

Simple explanation

The Osum flows through a deep, narrow canyon and then past the old houses of Berat.

Climate by month

The warmest month is August (mean daily high 32°C), the coldest is January (mean daily low 2°C), and the wettest is November (114 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 953 mm.

MonthHighLow RainWet daysSun/day
January 12°C 2°C 92 mm 11 7.2 h
February 13°C 3°C 85 mm 10 8.2 h
March 16°C 5°C 96 mm 11 9.6 h
April 20°C 8°C 86 mm 12 10.8 h
May 24°C 12°C 75 mm 9 12.0 h
June 29°C 17°C 50 mm 7 13.6 h
July 32°C 19°C 29 mm 5 13.8 h
August 32°C 20°C 32 mm 5 12.8 h
September 27°C 16°C 90 mm 9 10.7 h
October 22°C 12°C 95 mm 8 9.2 h
November 17°C 8°C 114 mm 10 7.3 h
December 13°C 4°C 111 mm 11 6.7 h

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.

More images

View of Çorovodë, Skrapar, Albania with the Osum river
Çorovodë, Skrapar, Albania 2019 01 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0
View of Çorovodë, Skrapar, Albania with the Osum river
Çorovodë, Skrapar, Albania 2019 02 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0

Connected subjects

Nearby

City · Berat

Berat

The 'city of a thousand windows': an Ottoman hill town under a still-inhabited castle, UNESCO-listed since 2008.

Canyon · Berat

Osum Canyon

A 26 km limestone gorge up to 80 m deep, run by raft in spring and walked in late summer.

Town · Berat

Poliçan

A small town below Mount Tomorr built around a former arms factory.

Sources

  • Wikipedia. Osum — English Wikipedia · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
    Used to ground the deep-research section and as a discovery aid; not relied on alone for contested claims.
  • Wikidata. Wikidata item Q83840 · retrieved 13 Oct 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 13 Oct 2026
    Computed here from daily ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo over 1994–2023.
  • Wikimedia Commons. Photographs · retrieved 13 Oct 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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