Climate averages 1991–2020
Panevėžys weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Panevėžys: daytime highs average 0.5°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Šiauliai (69 km away). In December its highs average 0.3°C, about as warm as Panevėžys, with 40 mm of precipitation.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Panevėžys ranks joint 2nd of 5 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 0.8°C; Panevėžys is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to -1.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 42 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Panevėžys climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 38 | 9.9 | 7.78 h |
| February | -0.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 35 | 9.5 | 9.610 h |
| March | 4.5°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 37 | 9.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.7°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 41 | 9.4 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 54 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 67 | 11.7 | 17.417 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 77 | 12.0 | 16.917 h |
| August | 22.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 11.7 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 50 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 10.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 55 | 11.2 | 10.511 h |
| November | 4.4°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 45 | 10.9 | 8.48 h |
| December, selected | 0.5°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 42 | 10.6 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Šiauliai in DecemberLithuania · 69 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Kaunas in DecemberLithuania · 97 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Vilnius in DecemberLithuania · 130 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -3.5°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Riga in DecemberLatvia · 136 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -2.6°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Daugavpils in DecemberLatvia · 137 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -3.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Klaipėda in DecemberLithuania · 202 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -0.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Lida in DecemberBelarus · 214 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -3.8°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Maladziečna in DecemberBelarus · 224 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 41 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 Panevėžys) is explained once on the Panevėžys year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.