Climate averages 1991–2020
Vilnius weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Vilnius: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lida (90 km away). In May its highs average 17.4°C, about as warm as Vilnius, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Vilnius ranks joint 2nd of 5 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 16.8°C; Vilnius is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Lida in MayBelarus · 90 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Kaunas in MayLithuania · 91 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Maladziečna in MayBelarus · 110 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Panevėžys in MayLithuania · 130 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Hrodna in MayBelarus · 147 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Daugavpils in MayLatvia · 155 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Minsk in MayBelarus · 172 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Baranovichi in MayBelarus · 180 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 70 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.