Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaunas weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Kaunas: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vilnius (91 km away). In May its highs average 17.3°C, about as warm as Kaunas, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Kaunas ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 16.8°C; Kaunas is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Vilnius in MayLithuania · 91 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 8.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Panevėžys in MayLithuania · 97 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Šiauliai in MayLithuania · 121 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Hrodna in MayBelarus · 136 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Lida in MayBelarus · 145 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Klaipėda in MayLithuania · 197 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Daugavpils in MayLatvia · 198 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Maladziečna in MayBelarus · 200 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 67 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.