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Lezhë County beachportcoast

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Shëngjin is a beach town on the northern coast with a long sandy shore and pine woods. Small cargo ships use its port.

Simple explanation

Shëngjin is a beach town on the northern coast with a long sandy shore and pine woods. Small cargo ships use its port.

Climate by month

Thirty-year normals for Shëngjin, 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 30°C), the coldest is January (mean daily low 2°C), and the wettest is November (255 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 1,812 mm. Sea temperature peaks in August at about 25°C.

MonthHighLow RainWet daysSun/day Sea
January 10°C 2°C 193 mm 12 6.7 h 14°C
February 11°C 3°C 169 mm 12 7.7 h 12°C
March 14°C 5°C 163 mm 11 9.3 h 14°C
April 18°C 9°C 146 mm 12 10.5 h 15°C
May 22°C 14°C 114 mm 10 12.1 h 19°C
June 26°C 18°C 61 mm 6 13.5 h 23°C
July 29°C 21°C 38 mm 4 13.7 h 26°C
August 30°C 21°C 55 mm 4 12.8 h 25°C
September 25°C 17°C 194 mm 8 10.6 h 24°C
October 20°C 12°C 193 mm 10 8.9 h 22°C
November 16°C 8°C 255 mm 13 6.9 h 19°C
December 11°C 4°C 232 mm 14 6.3 h 16°C

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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Shëngjin – Albania
Shëngjin User:Albinfo · CC BY-SA 2.5
Ermiri Cafe on water
Ermiri Cafe Drdenn3 · CC BY-SA 3.0
This is a photo of hotel ermiri
Hotel Ermiri Drdenn3 · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Protected area

Kune-Vain Nature Reserve

Lagoons, pine and one of Albania's few surviving coastal alluvial forests, beside Shëngjin.

Lezhe
Town

Lezhë

Where the Albanian princes swore their 1444 league, and where Skanderbeg is buried.

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Beach

Shëngjin Beach

The main northern resort beach, with the Kune-Vain pine and lagoon reserve alongside.

Lezhe
Village

Velipojë

A wide, shallow sand beach at the Buna river mouth, with a protected lagoon reserve.

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Port

Port of Shëngjin

A small northern cargo port beside the resort beach.

Lezhe

Related subjects

Protected area

Kune-Vain Nature Reserve

Lagoons, pine and one of Albania's few surviving coastal alluvial forests, beside Shëngjin.

Lezhe
Beach

Shëngjin Beach

The main northern resort beach, with the Kune-Vain pine and lagoon reserve alongside.

Lezhe

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Shëngjin — 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 Q606485 · 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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