Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaunas weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Kaunas: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vilnius (91 km away). In April its highs average 11.7°C, about as warm as Kaunas, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Kaunas ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 11.3°C; Kaunas is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kaunas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.1°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 44 | 10.6 | 7.98 h |
| February | 0.0°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 38 | 10.1 | 9.610 h |
| March | 4.7°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 40 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 43 | 9.6 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 11.1 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 72 | 12.3 | 17.217 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 84 | 12.0 | 16.717 h |
| August | 22.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 78 | 12.4 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 51 | 9.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 10.3°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 57 | 11.0 | 10.511 h |
| November | 4.5°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 45 | 10.4 | 8.58 h |
| December | 0.5°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 45 | 10.9 | 7.37 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Vilnius in AprilLithuania · 91 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Panevėžys in AprilLithuania · 97 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Šiauliai in AprilLithuania · 121 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Hrodna in AprilBelarus · 136 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Lida in AprilBelarus · 145 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Klaipėda in AprilLithuania · 197 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Daugavpils in AprilLatvia · 198 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Maladziečna in AprilBelarus · 200 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 46 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kaunas) is explained once on the Kaunas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.