Shkodër weather in April

In April, Shkodër sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 143 mm of precipitation across 11.8 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Shkodër's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shkodër's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 143 mm; 11.8 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 5:08 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Shkodër is city in northwestern Albania.

Density: 110/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~350 BCE

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical April day in Shkodër reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 4°C warmer than March and about 4°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	9
2	17	9
3	17	9
4	17	9
5	17	9
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	10
9	17	10
10	17	10
11	18	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	11
18	18	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	13
29	21	13
30	21	13

How April really feels in Shkodër

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Shkodër weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 3°	166	11.4	0.9	9.3	2.2
Feb	11° / 4°	169	11.7	1.5	10.3	2.8
Mar	15° / 7°	163	11.6	0.7	11.7	4.4
Apr	18° / 11°	143	11.8	0.2	13.1	5.7
May	23° / 15°	113	9.6	0	14.3	7.0
Jun	27° / 19°	61	5.7	0	15	7.4
Jul	30° / 21°	40	4.2	0	14.7	6.3
Aug	30° / 21°	49	3.4	0	13.7	6.1
Sep	26° / 17°	181	8.5	0	12.3	7.3
Oct	21° / 13°	206	10	0	10.8	6.7
Nov	16° / 8°	252	12.5	0.1	9.6	4.7
Dec	11° / 4°	225	13.4	1	9	2.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	53	52	53	53	53	52	53	52	52	51	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	56	56	56
Cloudier (%)	47	48	47	47	47	48	47	48	48	49	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	44	44	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	52	48
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Shkodër gets around 143 mm of rain and snow over 11.8 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	40	39	39	38	37	36	36	35	35	35	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	42
10	42
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	42
17	42
18	41
19	40
20	39
21	39
22	38
23	37
24	36
25	36
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	34
30	34

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	93	92	91	90	88	86	85	82	80	77	74	73	70
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	16	18	20	22	23	25
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	97	3	0
9	97	3	0
10	97	3	0
11	97	3	0
12	96	4	0
13	96	4	0
14	96	4	0
15	95	5	0
16	95	5	0
17	94	6	0
18	93	7	0
19	92	8	0
20	91	9	0
21	90	10	0
22	88	11	1
23	86	13	1
24	85	14	1
25	82	16	2
26	80	18	2
27	77	20	3
28	74	22	4
29	73	23	4
30	70	25	5

Wind in April

Winds average 7 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 4:47 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 6:32 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:25	5:23	5:22	5:20	5:18	5:16	5:15	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:08	5:06	5:05	5:03	5:02	5:00	4:58	4:57	4:55	4:54	4:52	4:51	4:49	4:48	4:47
Sunset (PM)	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:34	5:59
2	12.5	5:32	6:00
3	12.5	5:30	6:02
4	12.6	5:29	6:03
5	12.6	5:27	6:04
6	12.7	5:25	6:05
7	12.7	5:23	6:06
8	12.8	5:22	6:07
9	12.8	5:20	6:08
10	12.9	5:18	6:09
11	12.9	5:16	6:11
12	12.9	5:15	6:12
13	13.0	5:13	6:13
14	13.0	5:11	6:14
15	13.1	5:10	6:15
16	13.1	5:08	6:16
17	13.2	5:06	6:17
18	13.2	5:05	6:18
19	13.3	5:03	6:20
20	13.3	5:02	6:21
21	13.4	5:00	6:22
22	13.4	4:58	6:23
23	13.5	4:57	6:24
24	13.5	4:55	6:25
25	13.5	4:54	6:26
26	13.6	4:52	6:28
27	13.6	4:51	6:29
28	13.7	4:49	6:30
29	13.7	4:48	6:31
30	13.8	4:47	6:32

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.57 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.14 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Shkodër?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.7

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

2.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Shkodër for sightseeing.

What to pack for Shkodër in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Shkodër sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Shkodër in April

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 24 to Oct 31 — about 5.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	14	13	14	15	19	23	25	25	23	21	19	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	14	Bracing
Feb	13	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	23	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Shkodër in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shkodër peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	3	5	7	7	9	9	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Shkodër?

Shkodër sits at 42.1°N, 19.5°E, 12 m above sea level, in Albania. The nearest listed city is Ulcinj, 28 km away.

Topography around Shkodër

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Shkodër.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shkodër has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,557 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,622 m.

The land around Shkodër is covered by artificial surfaces (32%), grassland (27%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, trees (31%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (47%), water (24%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

147 m

artificial surfaces 32%

16 km

1,557 m

trees 31%

80 km

2,622 m

trees 47%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← March Shkodër year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Ulcinj 28 km · Lezhë 33 km · Bar 34 km · Podgorica 46 km · Bečići 58 km · Budva 61 km · Cetinje 61 km · Krujë 66 km

Albania travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 43% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $12,998; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 71%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.4; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 11.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 532
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Shkodër (42.0683°, 19.5126°, elevation 12 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	9
2	17	9
3	17	9
4	17	9
5	17	9
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	10
9	17	10
10	17	10
11	18	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	11
18	18	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	13
29	21	13
30	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	52	48
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	42
10	42
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	42
17	42
18	41
19	40
20	39
21	39
22	38
23	37
24	36
25	36
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	34
30	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	97	3	0
9	97	3	0
10	97	3	0
11	97	3	0
12	96	4	0
13	96	4	0
14	96	4	0
15	95	5	0
16	95	5	0
17	94	6	0
18	93	7	0
19	92	8	0
20	91	9	0
21	90	10	0
22	88	11	1
23	86	13	1
24	85	14	1
25	82	16	2
26	80	18	2
27	77	20	3
28	74	22	4
29	73	23	4
30	70	25	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	9
2	17	9
3	17	9
4	17	9
5	17	9
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	10
9	17	10
10	17	10
11	18	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	11
18	18	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	13
29	21	13
30	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	52	48
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	42
10	42
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	42
17	42
18	41
19	40
20	39
21	39
22	38
23	37
24	36
25	36
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	34
30	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	97	3	0
9	97	3	0
10	97	3	0
11	97	3	0
12	96	4	0
13	96	4	0
14	96	4	0
15	95	5	0
16	95	5	0
17	94	6	0
18	93	7	0
19	92	8	0
20	91	9	0
21	90	10	0
22	88	11	1
23	86	13	1
24	85	14	1
25	82	16	2
26	80	18	2
27	77	20	3
28	74	22	4
29	73	23	4
30	70	25	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	9
2	17	9
3	17	9
4	17	9
5	17	9
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	10
9	17	10
10	17	10
11	18	10
12	18	10
13	18	10
14	18	10
15	18	10
16	18	10
17	18	11
18	18	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	13
29	21	13
30	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	52	48
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	53	47
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	51	49
18	52	48
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	54	46
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	42
10	42
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	42
17	42
18	41
19	40
20	39
21	39
22	38
23	37
24	36
25	36
26	35
27	35
28	35
29	34
30	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	98	2	0
5	98	2	0
6	98	2	0
7	98	2	0
8	97	3	0
9	97	3	0
10	97	3	0
11	97	3	0
12	96	4	0
13	96	4	0
14	96	4	0
15	95	5	0
16	95	5	0
17	94	6	0
18	93	7	0
19	92	8	0
20	91	9	0
21	90	10	0
22	88	11	1
23	86	13	1
24	85	14	1
25	82	16	2
26	80	18	2
27	77	20	3
28	74	22	4
29	73	23	4
30	70	25	5