Climate averages 1991–2020
Vilnius weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet 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 Vilnius: daytime highs average 4.2°C and nights cool to about -2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet 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 Lida (90 km away). In March its highs average 4.4°C, about as warm as Vilnius, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Vilnius ranks joint 3rd of 5 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 4.3°C; Vilnius is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.5°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 45 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Lida in MarchBelarus · 90 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -2.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Kaunas in MarchLithuania · 91 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Maladziečna in MarchBelarus · 110 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Panevėžys in MarchLithuania · 130 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Hrodna in MarchBelarus · 147 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Daugavpils in MarchLatvia · 155 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Minsk in MarchBelarus · 172 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Baranovichi in MarchBelarus · 180 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 40 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.