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Tepelenë District, Albania - panoramio (4) (cropped)
Near Vjosë. Photo: Thanas Todhe (Guri Q…, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Vjosë

Kayak spot · Albania

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

91Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Thu 5: Wind 2 kn gusting 9, Air 16 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 90 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
26kntoo gusty
Air
17°C
Rain
0.2 mm

Tue 3 · 84 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
11°C
Rain
9.4 mm

Wed 4 · 92 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
16°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 93 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
16°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 91 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
15°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 90 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
15°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 91 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
15°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 193, good
  2. Mon 290, good
  3. Tue 384, good
  4. Wed 492, good
  5. Thu 593, good
  6. Fri 691, good
  7. Sat 790, good
  8. Sun 891, good
  9. Mon 989, good
  10. Tue 1094, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Vjosë
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov93, good3 kn12kn16°C4.6 mm
Mon 2Nov90, good3 kn26kntoo gusty17°C0.2 mm
Tue 3Nov84, good1 kn9kn11°C9.4 mm
Wed 4Nov92, good2 kn10kn16°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov93, good2 kn9kn16°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov91, good3 kn13kn15°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov90, good1 kn9kn15°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov91, good1 kn8kn15°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov89, good4 kn20kn14°C2.7 mm
Tue 10Nov94, good2 kn9kn17°C0 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Vjosë

Tepelenë District, Albania - panoramio (14)
Near Vjosë. Photo: Thanas Todhe (Guri Q…, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Vjosë

A launch on the Vjosë. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map. The town to stay in is Tepelene.

  • River Vjosë
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access No source states the access rules: check locally.
  • Schools, hire No paddling school, club or hire within 50 km on the map.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,240–US$2,370 each

about US$1,240–US$2,370 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to CFU, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$563–US$1,170
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$100–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$228–US$382
Food7 days eating outabout US$221–US$415
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$127–US$234
Totalabout US$1,240–US$2,370

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Tepelene

Closest

Tepelene

13 min by car · 5 places to stay

See 5 places to stay in Tepelene · Booking.com

About Tepelene its beds, food and every spot near it

Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 20h

About 20h door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → CFU, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), then 1h 40m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire mapped within 50 km.

Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits