As of the Köppen climate classification, Korçë falls under the periphery of the warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb) zone with an average annual temperature of 10.4 °C (50.7 °F).^[77] The warmest month of Korçë is August with an average temperature of 21.3 °C (70.3 °F).^[77] By contrast, the coldest month is January with an average temperature of −0.8 °C (30.6 °F).^[77] Korçë receives around 766.7 mm (30.19 in) annual precipitation with summer minimum and winter maximum.^[77] Temperatures generally remain cooler than western Albania, due to the middle altitude of the plain in which it is situated, but it receives about 2800 hours of solar radiation per year.^[77]