Climate averages 1991–2020
Vilnius weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Vilnius: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lida (90 km away). In August its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Vilnius, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Vilnius ranks joint 1st of 5 for the warmest August highs and joint 4th of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 21.7°C; Vilnius is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Vilnius climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.6°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 45 | 11.1 | 7.98 h |
| February | -0.6°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 40 | 10.7 | 9.710 h |
| March | 4.2°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 42 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.7°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 45 | 9.8 | 14.014 h |
| May | 17.3°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 66 | 12.2 | 16.116 h |
| June | 20.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 72 | 12.5 | 17.217 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 87 | 13.4 | 16.717 h |
| August, selected | 22.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 79 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| September | 16.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 54 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 10.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 57 | 11.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | 4.2°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 44 | 10.4 | 8.59 h |
| December | 0.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 47 | 11.3 | 7.47 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
August in nearby cities
- Lida in AugustBelarus · 90 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Kaunas in AugustLithuania · 91 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Maladziečna in AugustBelarus · 110 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Panevėžys in AugustLithuania · 130 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Hrodna in AugustBelarus · 147 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Daugavpils in AugustLatvia · 155 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Minsk in AugustBelarus · 172 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Baranovichi in AugustBelarus · 180 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 65 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 Vilnius) is explained once on the Vilnius year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.