Albania is situated in South Eastern Europe in the West of the Balkan Peninsula. It covers an area of 28,748 square kilometres, with a maximum length from north to south of about 340 kilometres and a maximum width of about 154 km. It is bordered to the northwest by Montenegro, to the northeast by the Kosovo region, to the east by the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and to the southeast and south by Greece. To the west and southwest, the Adriatic and Ionian seas border Albania. Albania's immediate western neighbour, Italy, lies some 80 km across the Adriatic. Albania resides between two climatic areas: the Mediterranean zone and the Continental zone of Central Europe. Average annual temperature is around 13-14 degrees Celsius. Average annual rainfall is about 1.485 mm, with a stable distribution.