Kaunas, Lithuania climate

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental

Kaunas has a seasonal cool-temperate climate (Warm-summer humid continental, Köppen Dfb). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 24°C, while the coldest is January averaging around −6°C at night. Around 635 mm of precipitation falls each year, peaking in July (81 mm) and easing off in April (35 mm). At latitude 55°N, day length swings from 6.9 hours in midwinter to 17.0 hours at midsummer.

☀️ Summers

Mild

Highs near 24°C in July.

About 1 days a year above 32 °C

❄️ Winters

Cold

Lows near −6°C in January.

About 107 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 635 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in July

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

+0.7 °C vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Kaunas climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	−1	0	5	13	19	22	24	23	18	11	5	1
Avg temp (°C)	−3	−3	1	8	13	16	19	18	13	7	3	−1
Avg low (°C)	−6	−5	−2	3	7	11	13	13	9	4	0	−4
Precipitation (mm)	48	38	43	35	53	63	81	75	48	62	47	44

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	−1	0	5	13	19	22
Avg temp (°C)	−3	−3	1	8	13	16
Avg low (°C)	−6	−5	−2	3	7	11
Precipitation (mm)	48	38	43	35	53	63

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	24	23	18	11	5	1
Avg temp (°C)	19	18	13	7	3	−1
Avg low (°C)	13	13	9	4	0	−4
Precipitation (mm)	81	75	48	62	47	44

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	15	14	12	9	10	10	10	10	9	11	13	14
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.1	0.8	0.5	0.0	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	21	20	19	9	1	—	—	—	0.5	6	12	20

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	15	14	12	9	10	10
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.1
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	21	20	19	9	1	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	10	10	9	11	13	14
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	0.8	0.5	0.0	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	—	—	0.5	6	12	20

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	76	76	72	65	63	66	66	63	65	72	79	75
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	3	2	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	3	1	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	7	7	8	9	11	10	12	11	10	8	7	7
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	21	19	20	16	15	16	16	15	15	19	22	21
Relative humidity (%)	96	95	89	81	78	79	81	81	84	89	94	96
Wind speed (km/h)	7.0	7.1	6.6	5.5	4.9	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.7	5.4	5.8	6.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	76	76	72	65	63	66
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	3	2	4	5	5	4
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	7	7	8	9	11	10
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	21	19	20	16	15	16
Relative humidity (%)	96	95	89	81	78	79
Wind speed (km/h)	7.0	7.1	6.6	5.5	4.9	4.8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	66	63	65	72	79	75
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	4	5	5	3	1	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	12	11	10	8	7	7
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	16	15	15	19	22	21
Relative humidity (%)	81	81	84	89	94	96
Wind speed (km/h)	4.5	4.3	4.7	5.4	5.8	6.4

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Kaunas, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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