Climate averages 1991–2020
Šiauliai weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Šiauliai: daytime highs average 0.3°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panevėžys (69 km away). In December its highs average 0.5°C, about as warm as Šiauliai, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Šiauliai ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 5 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 0.8°C; Šiauliai is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to -1.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 39 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
Šiauliai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.2°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 39 | 9.5 | 7.78 h |
| February | -0.3°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 35 | 9.3 | 9.510 h |
| March | 4.1°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 36 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.1°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 41 | 9.8 | 14.114 h |
| May | 16.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 57 | 11.1 | 16.316 h |
| June | 19.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 68 | 12.1 | 17.517 h |
| July | 22.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 83 | 13.0 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 69 | 12.0 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 51 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.8°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 53 | 10.5 | 10.510 h |
| November | 4.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 44 | 10.6 | 8.38 h |
| December, selected | 0.3°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 40 | 10.2 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Panevėžys in DecemberLithuania · 69 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -3.0°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kaunas in DecemberLithuania · 121 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Riga in DecemberLatvia · 123 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -2.6°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Klaipėda in DecemberLithuania · 138 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -0.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Vilnius in DecemberLithuania · 186 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -3.5°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Daugavpils in DecemberLatvia · 201 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -3.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Kaliningrad in DecemberRussia · 224 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Hrodna in DecemberBelarus · 253 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -3.3°C · 44 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 Šiauliai) is explained once on the Šiauliai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.