![Title: A chief of Thethi, Tribe of Shale [i.e. Shala], Albania Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.](/static/img/photos/theth-4.jpg)
City
Shkodër
The cultural capital of the north: a lake, a fortress, a bicycle city and a Catholic heartland.
In plain language
Theth is a village deep in the northern mountains. It has a small stone church, a waterfall, and a tower where men used to hide during blood feuds. A famous walking path crosses the mountains from here to Valbona.
Simple explanation
Theth is a village deep in the northern mountains. It has a small stone church, a waterfall, and a tower where men used to hide during blood feuds. A famous walking path crosses the mountains from here to Valbona.
Climate by month
Thirty-year normals for Theth, 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 26°C), the coldest is January (mean daily low -2°C), and the wettest is December (272 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 1,946 mm.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Wet days | Sun/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | -2°C | 211 mm | 14 | 6.0 h |
| February | 6°C | -1°C | 190 mm | 13 | 7.0 h |
| March | 9°C | 1°C | 184 mm | 13 | 8.6 h |
| April | 13°C | 5°C | 156 mm | 16 | 9.7 h |
| May | 19°C | 10°C | 138 mm | 18 | 11.3 h |
| June | 23°C | 14°C | 92 mm | 16 | 13.0 h |
| July | 26°C | 16°C | 80 mm | 12 | 13.4 h |
| August | 26°C | 17°C | 66 mm | 12 | 12.5 h |
| September | 21°C | 13°C | 141 mm | 12 | 10.0 h |
| October | 17°C | 9°C | 156 mm | 11 | 8.4 h |
| November | 12°C | 5°C | 260 mm | 13 | 6.2 h |
| December | 6°C | 0°C | 272 mm | 14 | 5.6 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
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Connected subjects
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Nearby
Protected area
Valbona Valley National Park
A broad U-shaped glacial valley of white gravel and beech forest under the Alps' highest peaks.
Protected area
Theth National Park
The glacial valley park at the heart of the Albanian Alps, merged into a wider protected complex in 2022.
River
The Shala River
A tributary of the Drin above Koman, reached by boat and often called Albania's Thailand.
Mountain
Maja Jezercë
At 2,694 m the highest peak entirely inside the Dinaric Alps, deep in the Albanian Alps.
Mountain range
The Albanian Alps
The limestone wall of the far north — locally the Accursed Mountains — shared with Montenegro and Kosovo.
Village
Valbonë
A wide white riverbed under 2,500 m peaks; the eastern end of the Theth trek.
Town
Koplik
The seat of Malësi e Madhe, at the foot of the Alps near the Montenegrin border.
Related subjects
Mountain range
The Albanian Alps
The limestone wall of the far north — locally the Accursed Mountains — shared with Montenegro and Kosovo.
Guide
Northern Albania
The Alps, the Koman ferry and the Shkodër lake country — the part of Albania least like the coast.
Guide
The Theth–Valbona Trek
Albania's best-known walk: roughly 17 km over a 1,795 m pass, six to eight hours, June to October.
Food
Flija
Concentric crepe layers built up one at a time under a hot metal lid — a northern highland dish that takes hours.
Explainer
Understanding the Kanun
A body of customary law that governed the northern highlands for centuries — and the part of it that everyone has…
Subject
The Kanun
A body of customary law, best known in the Lekë Dukagjini recension, that governed the northern highlands for…
Comparison
![Title: A chief of Thethi, Tribe of Shale [i.e. Shala], Albania Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print. (Theth)](/static/img/thumbs/theth-4.jpg)
Theth vs Valbonë
The two ends of the same walk, and two quite different valleys.
Waterfall
Grunas Waterfall
A 25–30 m fall in the Theth valley, and a declared natural monument.
Sources
- Wikipedia —
Theth — 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 Q919200
· 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
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