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Skanderbeg's mountain stronghold, an old bazaar street, and the national museum of the resistance.
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Historic site · Tiranë County
A compact hill castle between Tirana and the airport, with a view over the whole plain.
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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.
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.
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.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Wet days | Sun/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.
Town · Durrës
Skanderbeg's mountain stronghold, an old bazaar street, and the national museum of the resistance.
City · Tiranë
The capital: a fast-changing city of painted blocks, Ottoman survivals and new towers, under Mount Dajti.
Airport · Tiranë
Albania's principal airport, 17 km north-west of Tirana — for years the country's only functioning civil airport.
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