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Pogradec sits on the shore of Lake Ohrid, one of the oldest and deepest lakes in Europe. People swim in it in summer and eat a fish called koran that lives only there. The lake is shared with North Macedonia.

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Pogradec sits on the shore of Lake Ohrid, one of the oldest and deepest lakes in Europe. People swim in it in summer and eat a fish called koran that lives only there. The lake is shared with North Macedonia.

Climate by month

Thirty-year normals for Pogradec, 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 -1°C), and the wettest is December (96 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 835 mm.

MonthHighLow RainWet daysSun/day
January 5°C -1°C 90 mm 11 6.5 h
February 7°C -0°C 75 mm 10 7.7 h
March 10°C 2°C 83 mm 12 9.0 h
April 15°C 6°C 78 mm 13 10.4 h
May 20°C 10°C 67 mm 12 11.6 h
June 24°C 15°C 44 mm 8 13.4 h
July 27°C 18°C 34 mm 6 13.5 h
August 27°C 18°C 33 mm 6 12.6 h
September 22°C 14°C 64 mm 9 10.4 h
October 18°C 10°C 78 mm 9 8.6 h
November 12°C 5°C 93 mm 11 6.6 h
December 7°C 1°C 96 mm 12 6.0 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

Reshit Çollaku Street in Pogradec, Albania
Pogradec, Albania 2018 05 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pogradec, Albania, at Lake Ohrid seen from Kalaja hill.
Pogradec from Kalaja Albinfo · CC BY 3.0
This is a photo of a natural heritage site in Albania, id:
Drilon, Pogradec (6) Bunker92 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Connected subjects

These are real relationships in the Atlas — places that are near this one, and subjects it genuinely belongs with. Nothing here is a generic recommendation.

Nearby

City

Korçë

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

KorçaKorce
Lake

Lake Ohrid

One of Europe's oldest and deepest lakes, UNESCO-listed and home to species found nowhere else.

Liqeni i OhritKorce
Historic site

Lin Basilica Mosaics

Floor mosaics of birds and vines from a hilltop basilica above Lake Ohrid.

Korce
Village

Lin

A peninsula village on Lake Ohrid with a 6th-century basilica floor mosaic and a prehistoric pile settlement.

LiniKorce
Town

Maliq

A town on a drained marsh plain, built around a sugar refinery in the 1950s.

MaliqiKorce
Town

Prrenjas

A former nickel-mining town on the road to Lake Ohrid.

PrrenjasiElbasan
Subject

Drilon Springs

Spring-fed canals and plane trees on the Ohrid shore east of Pogradec.

Korce

Related subjects

Lake

Lake Ohrid

One of Europe's oldest and deepest lakes, UNESCO-listed and home to species found nowhere else.

Liqeni i OhritKorce
Comparison

Korçë vs Pogradec

The highland city and the lake town, 40 km apart in Albania's south-east.

Subject

Drilon Springs

Spring-fed canals and plane trees on the Ohrid shore east of Pogradec.

Korce

Sources

  • WikipediaPogradec — 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.
  • WikidataWikidata item Q73639 · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year.
  • Open-Meteo / ECMWFMonthly climate normals, 1994–2023 · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
    Computed here from daily ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo over 1994–2023.
  • Wikimedia CommonsPhotographs · 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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