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Great Prespa Lake - Pustec, Albania.
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PustecPusteci

A lakeside municipality on Lake Prespa with a recognised Macedonian minority.

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Elevation
870 m

In plain language

Pustec is a group of villages on the shore of Lake Prespa. Most people there belong to the Macedonian minority.

Simple explanation

Pustec is a group of villages on the shore of Lake Prespa. Most people there belong to the Macedonian minority.

Climate by month

The warmest month is August (mean daily high 26°C), the coldest is January (mean daily low -1°C), and the wettest is December (79 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 697 mm.

MonthHighLow RainWet daysSun/day
January 4°C -1°C 71 mm 10 6.3 h
February 6°C -1°C 60 mm 9 7.5 h
March 9°C 1°C 68 mm 11 8.9 h
April 14°C 5°C 66 mm 12 10.4 h
May 19°C 10°C 63 mm 11 11.6 h
June 23°C 14°C 40 mm 8 13.5 h
July 26°C 17°C 31 mm 6 13.6 h
August 26°C 18°C 28 mm 6 12.7 h
September 22°C 13°C 51 mm 7 10.3 h
October 16°C 9°C 66 mm 8 8.4 h
November 11°C 4°C 73 mm 9 6.4 h
December 6°C 0°C 79 mm 10 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.

More images

A front view of an electric cabin turned into a small chapel in Pustec, Albania
Chapel in Pustec, Albania 04 Ardit Alimemeti · CC BY-SA 4.0
A view of Saint Michael Church from outside located in Pustec, Albania
Church of Saint Michael 05 Ardit Alimemeti · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Lake Prespa with village Pustec/Liqenas and with Maligrad Island
Lake Prespa view from the SH79 road Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0

Connected subjects

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City · Korçë

Korçë

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

Lake · Korçë

Lake Prespa

A high tectonic lake where Albania, Greece and North Macedonia meet, draining underground into Ohrid.

Protected area · Korçë

Prespa National Park

The Albanian share of a three-country park around the Great and Small Prespa lakes.

Sources

  • Wikipedia. Pustec — English Wikipedia · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
    Used to ground the deep-research section and as a discovery aid; not relied on alone for contested claims.
  • Wikidata. Wikidata item Q15188520 · retrieved 13 Oct 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 13 Oct 2026
    Computed here from daily ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo over 1994–2023.
  • Wikimedia Commons. Photographs · retrieved 13 Oct 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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