Bathing water quality in Tiranë, Albania

Tiranë has 17 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 11 were Poor.

official bathing waters

Excellent in 2025

Poor in 2025

Not live: these are annual official classifications. Check the competent authority for today’s notices before swimming.

Before you swim in Tiranë

National Environment Agency (AKM) with the Institute of Public Health

Bathing season in Albania: Monitoring runs from late May to the end of September. Results are published mainly once a year in the national state-of-environment report rather than as live per-site updates.

Annual EEA classes do not show temporary bans, short-term pollution or algae alerts. National information last checked 2026-11-01.

Map of official bathing waters in Tiranë

Excellent 0Good 1Sufficient 5Poor 11

How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating; select a dot to open that site. The white area is this region; neighbouring regions are shaded. Sea and large lakes are blue, neighbouring countries grey. Positions: official EEA coordinates. Boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024, generalised (© EuroGeographics); lakes: Natural Earth. Outlines are simplified, so a few shoreline dots can sit just offshore.

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 7 of 11 classified seasons
KAVAJE Poor in 5 of 9 classified seasons
KAVAJE Poor in 4 of 10 classified seasons
KAVAJE Poor in 4 of 10 classified seasons
KAVAJE Poor in 4 of 11 classified seasons
KAVAJE Poor in 4 of 11 classified seasons
KAVAJE Poor in 3 of 11 classified seasons
KAVAJE Poor in 3 of 11 classified seasons
KAVAJE Poor in 3 of 9 classified seasons
KAVAJE Poor in 2 of 11 classified seasons
KAVAJE Poor in 1 of 9 classified seasons

Changes from 2024 to 2025

Improved (0)

None.

Declined (7)

DURRES Good → Sufficient
KAVAJE Good → Sufficient
KAVAJE Sufficient → Poor
KAVAJE Good → Sufficient
KAVAJE Good → Sufficient
KAVAJE Good → Sufficient
KAVAJE Sufficient → Poor

How Tiranë 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	17	0	0%	11
2024	17	0	0%	9
2023	17	0	0%	6
2022	17	7	41.2%	0
2021	17	7	41.2%	0
2020	17	14	82.4%	0
2019	17	11	64.7%	1
2018	17	9	52.9%	2
2017	17	7	41.2%	2
2016	10	2	20%	2
2015	12	0	0%	12

All 17 official bathing waters in Tiranë

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 17 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)

Coastal 17 sites · 0% Excellent · 11 Poor

DURRES · Golem Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024
DURRES · Golem Poor Poor in 7 of 11 classified seasons
KAVAJE · Golem Poor Poor in 4 of 10 classified seasons
KAVAJE · Golem Poor Poor in 4 of 10 classified seasons
KAVAJE · Golem Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024
KAVAJE · Golem Poor Poor in 3 of 11 classified seasons
KAVAJE · Kryevidh Poor Poor in 1 of 9 classified seasons
KAVAJE · Kryevidh Good
KAVAJE · Golem Poor Poor in 4 of 11 classified seasons
KAVAJE · Golem Poor Poor in 4 of 11 classified seasons
KAVAJE · Golem Poor Poor in 3 of 11 classified seasons
KAVAJE · Golem Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024
KAVAJE · Golem Poor Poor in 5 of 9 classified seasons
KAVAJE · Golem Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024
KAVAJE · Kryevidh Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024
KAVAJE · Golem Poor Poor in 2 of 11 classified seasons
KAVAJE · Golem Poor Poor in 3 of 9 classified seasons

Compared with other counties in Albania

#	County	Sites	Excellent	Poor
1	Vlorë	47	34%	7
2	Durrës	24	0%	5
3	Tiranë	17	0%	11

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 Tiranë were rated Excellent in 2025?: 0 of 17 (0%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 1 were Good, 5 Sufficient and 11 Poor. That ranks Tiranë 3 of 3 Albania counties by Excellent share.
Which beaches in Tiranë have the best long-term record?: No site currently has an unbroken Excellent run.
Were any bathing waters in Tiranë rated Poor?: Yes, 11: DURRES, KAVAJE, KAVAJE, KAVAJE and 7 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.