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Ersekë is the highest town in Albania, up in the mountains in the south-east.

Simple explanation

Ersekë is the highest town in Albania, up in the mountains in the south-east.

Climate by month

Thirty-year normals for Ersekë, 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 26°C), the coldest is January (mean daily low -2°C), and the wettest is December (121 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 920 mm.

MonthHighLow RainWet daysSun/day
January 5°C -2°C 104 mm 11 6.3 h
February 6°C -2°C 92 mm 11 7.4 h
March 9°C 0°C 93 mm 12 8.7 h
April 14°C 4°C 84 mm 14 10.2 h
May 19°C 9°C 74 mm 13 11.5 h
June 23°C 13°C 46 mm 9 13.4 h
July 26°C 16°C 30 mm 6 13.6 h
August 26°C 16°C 27 mm 6 12.6 h
September 21°C 12°C 60 mm 8 10.3 h
October 17°C 8°C 79 mm 8 8.6 h
November 11°C 3°C 109 mm 11 6.4 h
December 6°C -1°C 121 mm 12 5.7 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. Get this as JSON

More images

The artificial lake in Erseka — Ersekë, Albania
The artificial lake in Erseka SualdoDino · CC BY-SA 4.0
Erseka's city center, near the museum
Qendra e Ersekës - As e vogël, as e madhe Klein Muçi · CC BY 4.0
Erseka, Albania – seen from South. Slopes of Grammos mountain to the right
Erseka, Kolonja albinfo · CC0

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Nearby

City

Korçë

The highland city of serenades, the first Albanian-language school, and the country's oldest brewery.

KorçaKorce
Town

Përmet

A small Vjosa-side town known for its fruit preserves, thermal baths and polyphonic singing.

PërmetiGjirokaster

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Ersekë — 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 Q18793 · 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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