Bathing water quality in Durrës, Albania
Durrës has 24 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season — all coastal. 0% were classified Excellent — 16.8 points below the 16.8% across Albania — and 5 were Poor.
official bathing waters
Excellent in 2025
Poor in 2025
Map of official bathing waters in Durrës
Rated Poor in 2025
For a Poor site the Bathing Water Directive requires management measures, including a bathing prohibition or advice against bathing, so check the authority before visiting.
- DURRES Poor in 11 of 11 classified seasons
- DURRES Poor in 11 of 11 classified seasons
- DURRES Poor in 8 of 11 classified seasons
- DURRES Poor in 5 of 11 classified seasons
- DURRES Poor in 3 of 11 classified seasons
Changes from 2024 to 2025
Improved (0)
None.
Declined (5)
- DURRES Sufficient → Poor
- DURRES Good → Sufficient
- DURRES Good → Sufficient
- DURRES Good → Sufficient
- GJIRI I LALZIT Excellent → Good
How Durrës rated since 2015
Counts for the sites in today’s 2025 inventory; the Excellent share is calculated over classified sites only.
| Season | Classified | Excellent | Excellent share | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 0 | 0% | 5 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1 | 4.2% | 4 |
| 2023 | 24 | 9 | 37.5% | 3 |
| 2022 | 24 | 15 | 62.5% | 2 |
| 2021 | 24 | 15 | 62.5% | 2 |
| 2020 | 24 | 15 | 62.5% | 2 |
| 2019 | 22 | 6 | 27.3% | 3 |
| 2018 | 22 | 8 | 36.4% | 4 |
| 2017 | 22 | 5 | 22.7% | 4 |
| 2016 | 22 | 3 | 13.6% | 5 |
| 2015 | 19 | 0 | 0% | 13 |
Places with the most bathing waters in Durrës
Each site is matched to its nearest named place (GeoNames, within 8 km in a straight line), so beaches of one resort or lake shore can be compared together. Select a place to show only its sites in the full list.
| Place | Sites | Excellent | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rrashbull | 8 | 0 (0%) | 2 |
| Durrës | 7 | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| Golem | 4 | 0 (0%) | 2 |
| Ishëm | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 |
All 24 official bathing waters in Durrës
Grouped by water type, alphabetical within each group. Open a site for its 2015–2025 history, nearby alternatives, weather forecast and the national profile link.
Download all 24 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)
Coastal 24 sites · 0% Excellent · 5 Poor
- DURRES Sufficient
- DURRES · Rrashbull Poor Poor in 11 of 11 classified seasons
- DURRES · Golem Poor Poor in 8 of 11 classified seasons
- DURRES Good
- DURRES Good
- DURRES · Rrashbull Good
- DURRES · Rrashbull Good
- DURRES · Rrashbull Poor Poor in 5 of 11 classified seasons
- DURRES Poor Poor in 11 of 11 classified seasons
- DURRES · Rrashbull Good
- DURRES Good
- DURRES Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024
- DURRES · Rrashbull Good
- DURRES · Golem Poor Poor in 3 of 11 classified seasons
- DURRES · Golem Sufficient
- DURRES Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024
- DURRES · Rrashbull Sufficient
- DURRES · Rrashbull Good
- DURRES · Golem Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024
- GJIRI I LALEZIT Good
- GJIRI I LALEZIT · Ishëm Good
- GJIRI I LALEZIT Good
- GJIRI I LALZIT Good
- GJIRI I LALZIT · Ishëm Good Excellent → Good since 2024
Compared with other counties in Albania
Counties with at least 15 official bathing waters. Size, water type and how densely sites are designated differ, so the table is context rather than a verdict.
Quick answers
- How many bathing waters in Durrës were rated Excellent in 2025?
- 0 of 24 (0%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 13 were Good, 6 Sufficient and 5 Poor. That ranks Durrës 2 of 3 Albania counties by Excellent share.
- Which beaches in Durrës have the best long-term record?
- No site currently has an unbroken Excellent run.
- Which places in Durrës have the most official bathing waters?
- Rrashbull (8, 0% Excellent), Durrës (7, 0% Excellent), Golem (4, 0% Excellent). See the place table; places are the nearest named settlement to each site.
- Were any bathing waters in Durrës rated Poor?
- Yes, 5: DURRES, DURRES, DURRES, DURRES and 1 more.
- Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?
- With National Environment Agency (AKM) with the Institute of Public Health. Temporary bans, pollution alerts and closures are published there and on signs at the water, not in the annual EEA class.
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Sources and method
Bathing-water records: European Environment Agency (EEA), data and coordinates reported by Albania, licensed CC BY 4.0. Region and area boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024 (© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). A site belongs to the area that contains its reported coordinates; a site up to 10 km off the generalised coastline is placed in the nearest area of Albania. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.