Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaunas weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Kaunas: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vilnius (91 km away). In October its highs average 10.0°C, about as warm as Kaunas, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Kaunas ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest October highs and joint 3rd of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 10.2°C; Kaunas is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 4.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Vilnius in OctoberLithuania · 91 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Panevėžys in OctoberLithuania · 97 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 5.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Šiauliai in OctoberLithuania · 121 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Hrodna in OctoberBelarus · 136 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Lida in OctoberBelarus · 145 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Klaipėda in OctoberLithuania · 197 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Daugavpils in OctoberLatvia · 198 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Maladziečna in OctoberBelarus · 200 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 54 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.