Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaunas weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kaunas: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vilnius (91 km away). In August its highs average 22.0°C, about as warm as Kaunas, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Kaunas ranks joint 1st of 5 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 21.7°C; Kaunas is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 16.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Vilnius in AugustLithuania · 91 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Panevėžys in AugustLithuania · 97 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Šiauliai in AugustLithuania · 121 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Hrodna in AugustBelarus · 136 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Lida in AugustBelarus · 145 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Klaipėda in AugustLithuania · 197 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Daugavpils in AugustLatvia · 198 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Maladziečna in AugustBelarus · 200 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 68 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.