Climate averages 1991–2020
Klaipėda weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Klaipėda: daytime highs average 0.7°C and nights cool to about -2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 57 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaliningrad (118 km away). In January its highs average 0.8°C, about as warm as Klaipėda, with 47 mm of precipitation.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Klaipėda ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 5 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is -0.8°C; Klaipėda is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 0.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 57 mm to 46 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
Klaipėda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 0.7°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 57 | 11.7 | 7.78 h |
| February | 0.9°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 46 | 10.4 | 9.610 h |
| March | 4.2°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 42 | 9.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 37 | 8.7 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 42 | 8.8 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 59 | 10.2 | 17.417 h |
| July | 21.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 74 | 12.1 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 79 | 12.9 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 67 | 11.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 10.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 75 | 13.0 | 10.511 h |
| November | 5.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 63 | 12.1 | 8.48 h |
| December | 2.7°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 61 | 13.2 | 7.17 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
- Kaliningrad in JanuaryRussia · 118 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -3.5°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Šiauliai in JanuaryLithuania · 138 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -5.5°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Kaunas in JanuaryLithuania · 197 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -5.5°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Panevėžys in JanuaryLithuania · 202 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Elbląg in JanuaryPoland · 205 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Gdynia in JanuaryPoland · 212 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -2.0°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Olsztyn in JanuaryPoland · 218 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -4.6°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Gdańsk in JanuaryPoland · 219 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -2.2°C · 35 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 Klaipėda) is explained once on the Klaipėda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.