Climate averages 1991–2020
Klaipėda weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Klaipėda: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaliningrad (118 km away). In May its highs average 17.5°C, 1.9°C warmer than Klaipėda, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Klaipėda ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 16.8°C; Klaipėda is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 59 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
Klaipėda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kaliningrad in MayRussia · 118 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Šiauliai in MayLithuania · 138 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.8°C · 57 mm rain
- Kaunas in MayLithuania · 197 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Panevėžys in MayLithuania · 202 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Elbląg in MayPoland · 205 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Gdynia in MayPoland · 212 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Olsztyn in MayPoland · 218 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Gdańsk in MayPoland · 219 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 59 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 Klaipėda) is explained once on the Klaipėda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.