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Sazan is the biggest island in Albania. It has no ordinary residents — it was a military base for a long time, first Italian, then Albanian. Day trips from Vlorë now visit part of it.

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Sazan is the biggest island in Albania. It has no ordinary residents — it was a military base for a long time, first Italian, then Albanian. Day trips from Vlorë now visit part of it.

Climate by month

Thirty-year normals for Sazan Island, 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 6°C), and the wettest is November (142 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 1,037 mm. Sea temperature peaks in August at about 25°C.

MonthHighLow RainWet daysSun/day Sea
January 12°C 6°C 103 mm 12 7.4 h 17°C
February 13°C 6°C 98 mm 11 8.3 h 15°C
March 15°C 8°C 97 mm 11 9.8 h 15°C
April 18°C 11°C 82 mm 11 11.0 h 16°C
May 23°C 15°C 63 mm 8 12.2 h 18°C
June 28°C 19°C 41 mm 6 13.6 h 22°C
July 30°C 21°C 26 mm 5 13.8 h 25°C
August 31°C 22°C 30 mm 5 12.9 h 25°C
September 26°C 18°C 101 mm 9 10.8 h 25°C
October 22°C 14°C 123 mm 9 9.3 h 24°C
November 17°C 11°C 142 mm 12 7.4 h 20°C
December 13°C 7°C 131 mm 13 6.8 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

More images

Sazan Island viewed from the Karaburun Peninsula
Sazan Island, Albania 2016 02 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saseno - Coronelli Vincenzo - 1688 — Sazan Island, Albania
Historical view Saseno - Coronelli Vincenzo - 1688 Vincenzo Coronelli · Public domain

Connected subjects

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Nearby

City

Vlorë

Where the Adriatic meets the Ionian, and where Albanian independence was declared in 1912.

VloraVlore
Protected area

Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park

Albania's only marine national park: sea caves, wrecks and the country's clearest water.

Vlore
Town

Orikum

A marina town at the foot of Llogara, beside the ancient harbour of Oricum.

OrikumiVlore
Subject

Karaburun Peninsula

Albania's largest uninhabited peninsula, closed to the public for most of the 20th century and now a marine park.

Vlore

Related subjects

Protected area

Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park

Albania's only marine national park: sea caves, wrecks and the country's clearest water.

Vlore

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Sazan — 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 Q733645 · 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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