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Klaipėda climate by month
What the weather is like
Klaipėda has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 22° and nights 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 1° and lows of -3°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 19°.
About 830 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (76 mm, 17 wet days) and April the driest (35 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 32% in July to 60% in December.
The sea reaches about 19° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Vilnius, the capital, Klaipėda is 1.2° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 22° · August
- Coldest nights
- -3° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 32% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 19° · August
- Longest day
- 17 h 30 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 04 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 1° | 1° | 5° | 11° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 12° | 6° | 3° |
| Average low | -3° | -3° | -1° | 3° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 15° | 11° | 6° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation | 68 mm | 45 mm | 50 mm | 35 mm | 44 mm | 67 mm | 72 mm | 93 mm | 87 mm | 99 mm | 94 mm | 76 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.3 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 15.9 | 17.4 |
| Cloud cover | 58% | 56% | 47% | 38% | 33% | 34% | 32% | 33% | 39% | 45% | 57% | 60% |
| Sea temperature | 4° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 19° | 16° | 12° | 9° | 6° |
| Daylight | 7h 39 | 9h 38 | 11h 46 | 14h 08 | 16h 14 | 17h 30 | 16h 59 | 15h 06 | 12h 48 | 10h 32 | 8h 20 | 7h 04 |
| Month score | 13 | 20 | 25 | 41 | 66 | 72 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 28 | 14 | 13 |