Climate averages 1991–2020
Šiauliai weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Šiauliai: daytime highs average -1.2°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panevėžys (69 km away). In January its highs average -1.0°C, about as warm as Šiauliai, with 38 mm of precipitation.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Šiauliai ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is -0.8°C; Šiauliai is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to -0.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 39 mm to 35 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
Šiauliai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Panevėžys in JanuaryLithuania · 69 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Kaunas in JanuaryLithuania · 121 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -5.5°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Riga in JanuaryLatvia · 123 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -4.9°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Klaipėda in JanuaryLithuania · 138 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -2.7°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Vilnius in JanuaryLithuania · 186 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.8°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Daugavpils in JanuaryLatvia · 201 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.1°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Kaliningrad in JanuaryRussia · 224 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -3.5°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Hrodna in JanuaryBelarus · 253 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -5.3°C · 39 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.