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Yannick Loriot (Flickr) · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Village · Korçë County

LinLini

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

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Lin is a village on a small piece of land sticking out into Lake Ohrid. On the hill above are the coloured floor mosaics of a church from the 500s, and in the lake below, archaeologists found one of Europe's oldest villages built on wooden stilts.

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Lin is a village on a small piece of land sticking out into Lake Ohrid. On the hill above are the coloured floor mosaics of a church from the 500s, and in the lake below, archaeologists found one of Europe's oldest villages built on wooden stilts.

Climate by month

The warmest month is August (mean daily high 27°C), the coldest is January (mean daily low -2°C), and the wettest is December (102 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 860 mm.

MonthHighLow RainWet daysSun/day
January 5°C -2°C 94 mm 11 6.5 h
February 7°C -1°C 77 mm 10 7.7 h
March 10°C 2°C 87 mm 12 9.1 h
April 15°C 6°C 82 mm 13 10.4 h
May 20°C 10°C 69 mm 12 11.6 h
June 24°C 15°C 42 mm 8 13.4 h
July 27°C 18°C 34 mm 6 13.6 h
August 27°C 18°C 30 mm 6 12.6 h
September 22°C 14°C 63 mm 8 10.4 h
October 17°C 10°C 79 mm 9 8.7 h
November 12°C 5°C 101 mm 11 6.7 h
December 6°C 0°C 102 mm 12 6.1 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

The 6th-century paleochristian basilica in Lin, Albania
Basilica Lin, Albania 2018 01 Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs · CC BY-SA 4.0
Village of Lin on the shores of Lake Ohrid, Albania
Lin and lake d_proffer · CC BY 2.0
Lane in Lin – Albania in 2001
2001-Kienzle-Dia (185) Helmut Kienzle · CC BY 4.0

Connected subjects

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Lake · Korçë

Lake Ohrid

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

Historic site · Korçë

Lin Basilica Mosaics

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

Town · Korçë

Pogradec

A lakeside town on Ohrid, a UNESCO natural and cultural site shared with North Macedonia.

Subject · Korçë

Drilon Springs

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

Sources

  • Wikipedia. Lin, Pogradec — 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 Q851060 · 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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