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General information - Location

CountryAlbania
Location in country South
Location in EuropeSouth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 20.167,Lat: 40.083 marker
Elevation214 meter above sea level
Local time12:55:03pm
Name region/province:Gjirokastër
Name subregion:Gjirokastër

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Delvine14.1 km SouthSouthWest
2 Libohove   22.1 km East
3 Permet24.3 km NorthNorthEast
4 Sarande26.5 km SouthSouthWest
5 Gusmar28.3 km WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TiraneAlbania141 km NorthNorthWest
2 Skopje   North-macedonia240 km NorthNorthEast
3 Podgorica   Montenegro271 km NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 25 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Epirus. The nearest bigger lake is Limni pamvotida - Limni ton Ioanninon (18.5 km2 at a distance of 72.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 16 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 20%, hill: 68%, low mountains: 12%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (at a distance of 152 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport (at a distance of 58 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   5 km2 
 6.3% 
 Nature   25.9 km2 
 33% 
 Agriculture   37.6 km2 
 47.8% 
 Viticulture   0.7 km2 
 0.9% 
 Urban area   8.4 km2 
 10.7% 
 Rock-Sand   0.7 km2 
 0.9% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Gjirokaster in country Albania


Gjirokaster at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra Albania2.5 km WestSouthWest
2 ButrintAlbania39 km SouthSouthWest
3 Old Town of CorfuGreece55 km SouthSouthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Gjirokastër

Type of weather in Gjirokastërscattered clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: South West
Air pressure: 1015 mb
Humidity: 54 %
Daylength at 28 March 2024:12 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :05:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :17:59 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Gjirokastër - AL (longitude: 20.167, latitude: 40.083)
Distance weather station to place (direction ONO): 0 Kilometers

13:00
17 degrees
1016 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
16:00
14 degrees
1017 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
19:00
12 degrees
1019 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
22:00
11 degrees
1019 mbar
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1:00
11 degrees
1020 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
4:00
14 degrees
1020 mbar
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7:00
19 degrees
1019 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
10:00
21 degrees
1019 mbar
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