Durrës County · Albania
Durrës travel guide
Durrës is a city in Durrës County, Albania, home to about 102,000 people.
- Best months
- May and June
- Nearest airport
- TIA26 km · Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa
- Currency
- ALLAlbanian lek
- Time zone
- Europe/Tirane
- Language
- Albanian
When to go
The best time to visit Durrës
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Durrës are May and June. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; November is the wettest, with about 157 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Durrës: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA), about 26 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport (OHD, 109 km) and Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase (TGD, 117 km) are also within reach.
TIA · Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa
OHD · Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport
TGD · Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase
Questions
Durrës: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Durrës?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Durrës are May and June. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; November is the wettest, with about 157 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Durrës?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA), about 26 km from the city centre in a straight line; Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport (OHD, 109 km) and Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase (TGD, 117 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Durrës?
Albanian lek (ALL).
Nearby
Destinations near Durrës
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.