Climate averages 1991–2020
Šiauliai weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Šiauliai: daytime highs average 4.1°C and nights cool to about -3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Panevėžys (69 km away). In March its highs average 4.5°C, about as warm as Šiauliai, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Šiauliai ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 4.3°C; Šiauliai is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Panevėžys in MarchLithuania · 69 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Kaunas in MarchLithuania · 121 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Riga in MarchLatvia · 123 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Klaipėda in MarchLithuania · 138 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -0.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Vilnius in MarchLithuania · 186 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Daugavpils in MarchLatvia · 201 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Kaliningrad in MarchRussia · 224 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -0.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Hrodna in MarchBelarus · 253 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.3°C · 39 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 Šiauliai) is explained once on the Šiauliai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.