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Mount Dajti

1,613m

Skanderbeg Mountains

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Edvini · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Elevation
1,613m
Prominence
940m
Relief
1,427mabove the lowest point within 5 km
Steepest slope
57°within 1 km of the summit
Snow at the summit
Dec–AprSee month by month ↓
Summit
41.3667°N, 19.9239°E

Mountain in Albania

Mount Dajti is a mountain in the Skanderbeg Mountains (Albania). Its summit stands 1,613 m above sea level. Its prominence — how far it rises above the highest saddle linking it to a taller summit — is 940 m.

From the lowest point within 5 km (186 m), it rises 1,427 m. The steepest side is the north-east face: 38° on average over the first kilometre. In places the ground near the top reaches 57° — terrain for climbers, not walkers.

The nearest town is Dajt, 3 km away at 654 m: 959 m below the summit.

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Scores

Mount Dajti for skiers and climbers

Two scores out of 10, built only from open data — every part is shown. They describe what the mountain offers, not how safe it is.

Hiking & mountaineering

5.1/10

Difficulty to the top

Alpine climb

Estimated from the slope: OpenStreetMap has no graded paths near the top.

Indicative only — never a safety assessment. Conditions change: ask local guides and check the forecast.

  • 1.0/2.52 waymarked routes and 8 path sections nearby
  • 0.0/1.50 huts and shelters
  • 1.0/2959 m of ascent from the valley
  • 1.3/1.5940 m of prominence
  • 1.5/1.512 months with summit afternoons above −5 °C
  • 0.3/1via ferratas, climbing and glaciers

Ski score

2.5/10

  • 0.0/40 km of downhill runs
  • 0.1/1.53 ski lifts
  • 0.0/1.5lift station heights not mapped
  • 2.4/34 months of snow at about 1,154 m

Snow season on the slopes (estimate)

Around 1,154 m, in the middle of the ski area: snow from December to March.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec
  • Snow on the ground all month
  • Snow some of the time
  • No snow
  • This month

3 lifts · 0 km cross-country

How these scores are made

Ski (where OpenStreetMap has skiing within 12 km): up to 4 points for the length of downhill runs (300 km or more = 4), 1.5 for the number of lifts (40+), 1.5 for the vertical between lift stations (1,500 m) and 3 for the snow season — a month counts when the estimated mean temperature at the height of the ski area is −1 °C or lower and snow falls or lies there (NASA POWER, 2001–2020). Hiking & mountaineering: up to 2.5 for waymarked routes and paths, 1.5 for huts, 2 for the ascent from the valley (2,000 m), 1.5 for prominence (3,000 m), 1.5 for the season (months with summit afternoons above −5 °C) and 1 for via ferratas, climbing and glaciers. OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: where few things are mapped, a score can be lower than reality.

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Snow

When there is snow on Mount Dajti

At the summit, snow from December to April. Month by month below, at different heights on the way up.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Summit1,613 msnow from December to April
Snow on the ground all monthSnow on the ground all monthSnow on the ground all monthSnow on the ground all monthNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowSnow on the ground all month
Halfway up1,134 msnow from December to March
Snow on the ground all monthSnow on the ground all monthSnow on the ground all monthNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowSnow on the ground all month
Dajt654 mno snow
No snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snowNo snow
  • Snow on the ground all month
  • Snow some of the time
  • No snow
  • This month

Estimate for a normal year: average temperature and precipitation from NASA POWER, carried to each height, in a simple model of snow building up and melting. In a given year snow can come earlier or stay longer. It does not replace the local snow and avalanche bulletin.

Summit weather

Mount Dajti, month by month

Not a forecast: long-term averages (1991–2020), carried up to the summit. The orange line is where an average afternoon reaches 0 °C; above the dashed blue line it freezes even at dawn.

On an average August afternoon the summit reaches about 25 °C; on January nights it falls to about -8 °C. In 1 months of the year it stays below freezing at the top even in the afternoon. In August the 0 °C line climbs to about 5,410 m, above the summit: the top thaws on an average afternoon. Across the region, August is the driest month (27 mm) and December the wettest (109 mm).

1,000 m2,000 m3,000 m4,000 m5,000 mSUMMIT · 1,613 mDAJT · 654 mJanuary: 1,580 mFebruary: 1,810 mMarch: 2,420 mApril: 3,100 mMay: 3,820 mJune: 4,670 mJuly: 5,330 mAugust: 5,410 mSeptember: 4,420 mOctober: 3,560 mNovember: 2,690 mDecember: 1,790 mJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
0 °C on an average afternoon 0 °C at dawn the summit
MonthSummit high °CSummit low °CDajt high °C0 °C line (m)Rain & snow (mm)Wet daysSun h/day
January0-861,58093113.5
February1-781,81083114.2
March5-4122,42077114.8
April100163,10069126.0
May144213,82064117.5
June208264,6704589.6
July2411305,33029610.7
August2511315,4102769.8
September187244,4207497.1
October132193,56095115.8
November7-2132,690109134.1
December1-671,790109133.2

Estimate: the NASA POWER climate of a ~55 km cell (average height 686 m), adjusted to the summit by −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Rain, wet days and sunshine are those of the region. Mountain weather changes fast — always check a local forecast. ★ = mildest months at the top.

Relief

The mountain in profile

Two cuts through the summit, 16 km long, from the 30 m Copernicus elevation model. Heights drawn 2× taller than lengths, so the shape can be seen.

West – east
1,613 m126 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmWE
South – north
1,613 m340 m0 km2 km4 km6 km8 km10 km12 km14 km16 kmSN
Steepness by direction
30°N: 30°NNE: 38°NEE: 35°ESE: 8°SES: 22°SSW: 26°SWW: 26°WNW: 16°NW

Average slope of the first kilometre from the summit. The orange petal is the steepest side.

Around the mountain

Huts, lifts and trails around Mount Dajti

Counted around the summit in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. The satellite plate shows 14 × 14 km.

Mount Dajti seen from above (Sentinel-2) N 5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 14 × 14 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

  • —mountain huts and shelters
  • 3cable cars, gondolas, chairlifts and rack railways

    Dajti Ekspres

  • —ski areas
  • 2waymarked hiking routes

    Dajti Ridge

  • —via ferratas
  • 1climbing crags and routes

    Brar

  • —named glaciers
  • 16viewpoints

    Dajti, Tirana River Gorge, Tirana view, Valey view and 12 more

  • 2campsites

    Camping Dajti, Tirana

  • 297hotels, B&Bs and chalets

    Dajti Tower Belvedere Hotel, Tirana Backpacker Hostel, Stephen Center B&B, Hotel Vila Fernando and 293 more

  • 992restaurants and cafés

How hard are the paths?

8 path sections within 5 km, by SAC hiking scale (T1 easy walk … T6 difficult alpine).

T2
  • T2 mountain hiking

Towns at the foot

  • Dajt3 km · 654 m
  • Zall-Bastar7 km · 376 m
  • Zall-Herr9 km · 132 m
  • Tirana10 km · 113 m
  • Petrelë14 km · 298 m
  • Kamëz14 km · 55 m
  • Krrabë17 km · 416 m
  • Nikël17 km · 59 m

OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: a low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. Places © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Photos

Seen by climbers and visitors

Abandoned Building Dajti Mountain
BBB2021 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dajti Mountain 2017 2
BBB2021 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

How each month compared at the summit

Afternoon high at the summit (estimate). The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years show only the difference.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
1991–2020 average0151014202425181371
2020+1.1+2.2+0.9+0.1+0.5−1.8+1.1+0.6+3.0−0.7+0.9+2.9
2021+1.0+2.2−1.5−2.1−0.2+1.7+2.2+1.5+1.1−1.5+1.6−0.1
2022−0.1+1.3−2.2−0.3+3.3+3.7+3.3+0.3±0.0+2.7+1.3+4.3
2023+2.8+0.8+1.0−1.8−0.3−0.8+2.6+0.8+4.1+4.1+0.3+2.5
2024+1.6+4.1+1.8+2.6+0.4+3.6+4.2+3.2±0.0+1.6+0.2+1.1
2025+2.4+1.3+2.4+0.7−0.8+4.8+2.8+1.2+2.3−1.6+0.5+2.9

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, elevation, prominenceWikidata (Q1157724) · CC0
Relief, 3D view, profilesCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020 · CC BY 4.0
Around the mountain© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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