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Preza is a small castle on a hill near Tirana airport. From its tower you can see the plain, the mountains and, on a clear day, the sea.

Simple explanation

Preza is a small castle on a hill near Tirana airport. From its tower you can see the plain, the mountains and, on a clear day, the sea.

Climate by month

Thirty-year normals for Prezë Castle, 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 28°C), the coldest is January (mean daily low 2°C), and the wettest is November (169 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 1,375 mm.

MonthHighLow RainWet daysSun/day
January 10°C 2°C 140 mm 12 7.1 h
February 11°C 2°C 124 mm 11 8.0 h
March 13°C 4°C 132 mm 12 9.5 h
April 17°C 8°C 130 mm 13 10.7 h
May 21°C 12°C 106 mm 12 12.1 h
June 25°C 16°C 62 mm 8 13.6 h
July 28°C 18°C 41 mm 6 13.7 h
August 28°C 19°C 45 mm 6 12.8 h
September 24°C 15°C 127 mm 10 10.7 h
October 20°C 11°C 136 mm 10 9.1 h
November 15°C 8°C 169 mm 12 7.3 h
December 11°C 4°C 164 mm 13 6.6 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. Get this as JSON

More images

The castle mosque (Xhamia e Kalasë) in the Prezë castle, Albania
Prezë, Albania – Castle 2017 02 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0
Prezë Castle , Albania
Prezë Castle You may re-use this image under the… · CC BY 3.0
Prezë Castle , Albania
Prezë Castle You may re-use this image under the… · CC BY 3.0
Planimetria e Kalasë së Prezës, Shqipëri
Planimetry-of-Prezë-Castle,-Albania Liridon · CC BY-SA 4.0

Connected subjects

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Nearby

City

Tirana

The capital: a fast-changing city of painted blocks, Ottoman survivals and new towers, under Mount Dajti.

TiranaTirane
Airport

Tirana International Airport

Albania's principal airport, 17 km north-west of Tirana — for years the country's only functioning civil airport.

Tirane
Town

Krujë

Skanderbeg's mountain stronghold, an old bazaar street, and the national museum of the resistance.

KrujaDurres
Town

Vorë

A road and rail junction between Tirana, Durrës and the airport.

VoraTirane

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Prezë Castle — 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 Q3302728 · 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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