Climate averages 1991–2020
Vilnius weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Vilnius: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 34 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lida (90 km away). In October its highs average 10.2°C, about as warm as Vilnius, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Lithuania, Vilnius ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest October highs and joint 3rd of 5 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 5 cities is 10.2°C; Vilnius is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 4.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Lida in OctoberBelarus · 90 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Kaunas in OctoberLithuania · 91 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Maladziečna in OctoberBelarus · 110 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Panevėžys in OctoberLithuania · 130 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 5.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Hrodna in OctoberBelarus · 147 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Daugavpils in OctoberLatvia · 155 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Minsk in OctoberBelarus · 172 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Baranovichi in OctoberBelarus · 180 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 4.5°C · 52 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.