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Ballsh is a town in the oil country of the south-west. Albania's biggest refinery is there, and the ancient city of Byllis is close by.

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Ballsh is a town in the oil country of the south-west. Albania's biggest refinery is there, and the ancient city of Byllis is close by.

Climate by month

Thirty-year normals for Ballsh, 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 3°C), and the wettest is November (151 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 1,201 mm.

MonthHighLow RainWet daysSun/day
January 11°C 3°C 115 mm 12 7.2 h
February 12°C 3°C 105 mm 11 8.1 h
March 15°C 5°C 114 mm 12 9.5 h
April 18°C 8°C 101 mm 14 10.8 h
May 23°C 13°C 88 mm 11 12.0 h
June 28°C 17°C 65 mm 9 13.5 h
July 31°C 19°C 36 mm 6 13.8 h
August 31°C 20°C 41 mm 7 12.8 h
September 26°C 16°C 117 mm 10 10.7 h
October 21°C 12°C 126 mm 10 9.2 h
November 16°C 8°C 151 mm 12 7.2 h
December 12°C 4°C 143 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

Municipality hall in Ballsh, Albania
Ballsh, Mallakastër, Albania 2019 04 – Municipality Hall Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0
Byllis - Albania - City Wall
Byllis Wall Albinfo · Public domain
The 14th-century epitaph that was written on a shroud embroidered by monk Savia and commissioned by Gjergj Arianiti.
Historical view Epitaph of Gllavenica Monk Savia (Commissioned by Gjergj… · Public domain

Connected subjects

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Nearby

Historic site

Byllis

The largest Illyrian city yet excavated, on a plateau above the Vjosa with five early Christian basilicas.

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City

Fier

The service town of the oil and farming plain, next to the ruins of Apollonia.

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Town

Patos

The centre of the Patos-Marinza field, the largest onshore oil field in continental Europe.

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Energy site

Patos-Marinza Oil Field

The largest onshore oil field in continental Europe, in production since the 1920s.

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Related subjects

Industry

Oil and Gas in Albania

Heavy onshore crude from Patos-Marinza, produced since the 1920s and refined at Ballsh.

Albanian Economy

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Ballsh — 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 Q743016 · 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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