AlbaniaIsland

Zvërnec Island

0.082 km² of land in the Adriatic Sea.

N 0.1 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

0.082km²

Area

1km

Coastline

Highest point

25°C

Warmest sea

August

When to go to Zvërnec Island

Best for the beach from July to September.

The sea is warmest in August (25 °C) and coolest in February (15 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from June to October.

15°12°8°

Jan12

15°12°8°

Feb11

15°14°10°

Mar10

16°17°12°

Apr11

18°21°16°

May9

22°26°20°

Jun7

24°29°22°

Jul4

25°29°23°

Aug5

24°25°20°

Sep9

22°21°16°

Oct10

19°17°13°

Nov13

16°13°9°

Dec14

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Albania

Zvërnec Island is an island in Albania. It covers 0.082 km², with 1 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 9 m.

Getting there

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From July to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 15 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Zvërnec Island0 km²

Alcatraz Island0 km²

0.2 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	12	12	14	17	21	26	29	29	25	21	17	13
Night low (°C)	8	8	10	12	16	20	22	23	20	16	13	9
Sea (°C)	15	15	15	16	18	22	24	25	24	22	19	16
Rain (mm)	103	90	82	61	57	36	22	26	80	98	123	128
Wet days	12	11	10	11	9	7	4	5	9	10	13	14
Sun h/day	3.9	4.8	6.6	7.9	9.9	11.8	12.5	11.3	8.6	6.7	4.4	3.7
Wind (km/h)	16	17	16	13	11	11	11	11	12	13	15	16

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.6	+0.9	+0.2	+0.1	−0.4	−0.8	−0.2	+1.3	+1.5	+1.3	+0.8	+1.1
2021	+1.3	+0.9	+0.8	−0.2	−0.4	−0.4	+1.4	+1.6	+0.8	+1.1	+1.1	+0.4
2022	+1.0	+0.7	+0.4	−0.2	+0.3	+1.3	+0.3	+0.4	±0.0	−0.2	+1.5	+1.8
2023	+1.7	+0.8	+0.5	−0.4	−0.8	+0.1	+1.6	±0.0	+0.8	+2.1	+1.5	+0.4
2024	+1.1	+0.9	+0.8	+1.4	+1.0	+1.3	+2.1	+2.1	+1.9	+0.5	+1.9	+1.6
2025	+2.1	+1.8	+1.4	+0.4	−0.2	+0.8	+0.3	+0.6	+0.9	−0.4	+0.6	+1.6

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

The monastery of Zvernec — Flladina Zilja · CC BY-SA 4.0

Monastery of Zvërnec, Albania — Pudelek (Marcin Szala) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Kloster Zvernec Albania 4 — Decius · CC BY-SA 3.0

Lagune von Narta KlosterVonZvernec1 — Joergsam · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Sazan Island

Italy5.6 km²59 m11 km away

Corfu

Greece590 km²906 m110 km away

Ksamil Islets

Albania0.06 km²15 m97 km away

Paxos

Greece20 km²248 m160 km away

Antipaxos

Greece3.6 km²117 m168 km away Kunë Island

Albania1.4 km²5 m139 km away Sveti Stefan

Montenegro231 m198 km away

Lefkada

Greece301 km²1,158 m227 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q3622718) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX 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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