City · Korçë
Korçë
The highland city of serenades, the first Albanian-language school, and the country's oldest brewery.
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Village · Korçë County
A stone village at 1,340 m in the Morava mountains, one of Albania's small ski destinations.
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Dardhë is a village high in the mountains above Korçë, built from stone. It gets a lot of snow, so people go there in winter.
Dardhë is a village high in the mountains above Korçë, built from stone. It gets a lot of snow, so people go there in winter.
The warmest month is August (mean daily high 24°C), the coldest is January (mean daily low -5°C), and the wettest is December (92 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 743 mm.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Wet days | Sun/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | -5°C | 80 mm | 10 | 6.3 h |
| February | 4°C | -4°C | 74 mm | 10 | 7.5 h |
| March | 7°C | -2°C | 77 mm | 11 | 8.8 h |
| April | 11°C | 2°C | 69 mm | 13 | 10.3 h |
| May | 16°C | 6°C | 63 mm | 12 | 11.5 h |
| June | 21°C | 11°C | 41 mm | 8 | 13.4 h |
| July | 24°C | 14°C | 25 mm | 5 | 13.6 h |
| August | 24°C | 14°C | 22 mm | 5 | 12.6 h |
| September | 19°C | 10°C | 48 mm | 7 | 10.3 h |
| October | 14°C | 6°C | 67 mm | 8 | 8.6 h |
| November | 9°C | 1°C | 86 mm | 10 | 6.4 h |
| December | 4°C | -3°C | 92 mm | 11 | 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.
City · Korçë
The highland city of serenades, the first Albanian-language school, and the country's oldest brewery.
Historic site · Korçë
Six surviving basilicas of a town that once rivalled any city in the Balkans, covered inside with frescoes.
Village · Korçë
In the 18th century one of the largest towns in the Balkans; today a village of frescoed churches.
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