City
Durrës
Albania's principal port and its oldest continuously inhabited city, founded as Epidamnos in 627 BC.
In plain language
Krujë is a small town on a mountainside above the plain. Its castle is where Skanderbeg held out against Ottoman armies in the 1400s. There is an old bazaar street selling carpets and copper, and a museum about Skanderbeg inside the castle walls.
Simple explanation
Krujë is a small town on a mountainside above the plain. Its castle is where Skanderbeg held out against Ottoman armies in the 1400s. There is an old bazaar street selling carpets and copper, and a museum about Skanderbeg inside the castle walls.
Climate by month
Thirty-year normals for Krujë, 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 27°C), the coldest is January (mean daily low -0°C), and the wettest is December (171 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 1,422 mm.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Wet days | Sun/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | -0°C | 145 mm | 12 | 7.1 h |
| February | 9°C | 0°C | 129 mm | 12 | 8.0 h |
| March | 12°C | 2°C | 133 mm | 12 | 9.5 h |
| April | 15°C | 6°C | 129 mm | 14 | 10.7 h |
| May | 20°C | 10°C | 113 mm | 12 | 12.1 h |
| June | 24°C | 14°C | 70 mm | 9 | 13.6 h |
| July | 27°C | 17°C | 44 mm | 6 | 13.7 h |
| August | 27°C | 17°C | 50 mm | 6 | 12.9 h |
| September | 23°C | 13°C | 131 mm | 10 | 10.7 h |
| October | 18°C | 9°C | 138 mm | 10 | 9.1 h |
| November | 14°C | 5°C | 170 mm | 12 | 7.3 h |
| December | 9°C | 1°C | 171 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
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Connected subjects
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Nearby
Historic site
Krujë Castle
Skanderbeg's base, which held out against three Ottoman sieges and now houses the national museum of the resistance.
Historic site
Skanderbeg Museum
The museum of the 15th-century resistance, built inside Krujë Castle by Enver Hoxha's daughter and son-in-law.
City
Tirana
The capital: a fast-changing city of painted blocks, Ottoman survivals and new towers, under Mount Dajti.
Historic site
Prezë Castle
A compact hill castle between Tirana and the airport, with a view over the whole plain.
Town
Burrel
The seat of Mat municipality in the central highlands, near the Mat river dams.
Town
Fushë-Krujë
The industrial town on the plain below Krujë, and the site of Albania's largest cement works.
Related subjects
Historic site
Krujë Castle
Skanderbeg's base, which held out against three Ottoman sieges and now houses the national museum of the resistance.
Historic site
Skanderbeg Museum
The museum of the 15th-century resistance, built inside Krujë Castle by Enver Hoxha's daughter and son-in-law.
Person
Skanderbeg
Gjergj Kastrioti: an Ottoman commander who changed sides and held Albania against the empire for twenty-five years.
Company
Antea Cement
A large cement plant at Boka e Kuqe near Krujë, built by TITAN Cement.
Sources
- Wikipedia —
Krujë — 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 Q194164
· 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
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