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Valbonë is a valley in the northern mountains with a wide, stony river and very steep peaks on both sides. Walkers cross a high pass between here and Theth.

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Valbonë is a valley in the northern mountains with a wide, stony river and very steep peaks on both sides. Walkers cross a high pass between here and Theth.

Climate by month

Thirty-year normals for Valbonë, 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 25°C), the coldest is January (mean daily low -3°C), and the wettest is December (233 mm). Total annual rainfall averages 1,910 mm.

MonthHighLow RainWet daysSun/day
January 3°C -3°C 187 mm 13 6.2 h
February 4°C -2°C 168 mm 12 7.2 h
March 8°C 0°C 163 mm 14 8.9 h
April 12°C 4°C 141 mm 16 10.0 h
May 18°C 9°C 148 mm 18 11.4 h
June 22°C 13°C 126 mm 17 13.1 h
July 25°C 15°C 118 mm 15 13.4 h
August 25°C 16°C 106 mm 14 12.5 h
September 20°C 12°C 155 mm 14 10.1 h
October 16°C 8°C 146 mm 11 8.5 h
November 10°C 4°C 219 mm 13 6.5 h
December 5°C -1°C 233 mm 14 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. Get this as JSON

More images

Shtëpi karakteristike Zallishtorja - Valbonë
Shtëpi karakteristike Zallishtorja - Valbonë Shkelzen Rexha Gjakovë · CC BY-SA 4.0
This is a photo of a natural heritage site in Albania, id:
Valbonë 2016 Qendresa99 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Backdrop of Valbona Valbonaha · CC BY-SA 4.0

Connected subjects

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Protected area

Valbona Valley National Park

A broad U-shaped glacial valley of white gravel and beech forest under the Alps' highest peaks.

Kukes
Protected area

Theth National Park

The glacial valley park at the heart of the Albanian Alps, merged into a wider protected complex in 2022.

Shkoder
Airport

Kukës International Airport

A small northern airport that opened to commercial flights in 2021, mainly serving the diaspora.

Kukes
Energy site

Fierza Hydropower Plant

The uppermost and largest of the Drin dams, creating a reservoir shared with Kosovo.

Kukes
Mountain

Maja Jezercë

At 2,694 m the highest peak entirely inside the Dinaric Alps, deep in the Albanian Alps.

Shkoder
Mountain range

The Albanian Alps

The limestone wall of the far north — locally the Accursed Mountains — shared with Montenegro and Kosovo.

Bjeshkët e NemunaShkoder
Village

Theth

A glacial valley village in the Albanian Alps: a lock-in tower, a waterfall, and one end of the country's best-known…

ThethiShkoder
Town

Kukës

A town rebuilt above a reservoir in the 1970s, and the northern end of the Nation's Road.

KukësiKukes

Related subjects

Protected area

Valbona Valley National Park

A broad U-shaped glacial valley of white gravel and beech forest under the Alps' highest peaks.

Kukes
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.

Comparison

Theth vs Valbonë

The two ends of the same walk, and two quite different valleys.

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Valbonë — 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 Q1021607 · 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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