Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaunas weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Kaunas: daytime highs average -1.1°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 52 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vilnius (91 km away). In January its highs average -1.6°C, about as warm as Kaunas, with 45 mm of precipitation.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Kaunas ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is -0.8°C; Kaunas is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 0.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 44 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Vilnius in JanuaryLithuania · 91 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.8°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Panevėžys in JanuaryLithuania · 97 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Šiauliai in JanuaryLithuania · 121 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -5.5°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Hrodna in JanuaryBelarus · 136 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -5.3°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Lida in JanuaryBelarus · 145 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Klaipėda in JanuaryLithuania · 197 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -2.7°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Daugavpils in JanuaryLatvia · 198 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.1°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Maladziečna in JanuaryBelarus · 200 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.6°C · 39 mm precipitation
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.