Climate guideThirty-year normals for Vilnius
Vilnius climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest May · Jul · Sep
Annual mean8°day and night
Seasonal swing23°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation687 mm158 wet days a year
54.69° N, 25.28° EElevation 98 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
When to goVilnius · weather score
Best timeMay · Jul · Sep
October: high / low11° / 4°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Vilnius has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -1° and lows of -6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 23°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 687 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (86 mm, 17 wet days) and April the driest (41 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in July to 66% in December.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · July
- Coldest nights
- -6° · January
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- July · 35% cloud
- Longest day
- 17 h 16 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 17 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -1° | 0° | 5° | 13° | 19° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 18° | 11° | 4° | 0° |
| Average low | -6° | -6° | -2° | 3° | 8° | 12° | 14° | 13° | 9° | 4° | 0° | -4° |
| Precipitation | 48 mm | 39 mm | 43 mm | 41 mm | 59 mm | 76 mm | 86 mm | 73 mm | 64 mm | 55 mm | 49 mm | 54 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 13.7 | 15.1 | 17.4 | 14.6 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.6 |
| Cloud cover | 64% | 61% | 51% | 42% | 37% | 38% | 35% | 35% | 44% | 49% | 63% | 66% |
| Daylight | 7h 50 | 9h 43 | 11h 46 | 14h 04 | 16h 04 | 17h 16 | 16h 46 | 14h 59 | 12h 47 | 10h 35 | 8h 29 | 7h 17 |
| Month score | 11 | 19 | 23 | 45 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 23 | 12 | 11 |
ivMonth by month
Vilnius in every month
January11
-1° / -6°
48 mm · 13.8 wet days
February19
0° / -6°
39 mm · 11.1 wet days
March23
5° / -2°
43 mm · 11.3 wet days
April45
13° / 3°
41 mm · 10.2 wet days
May65
19° / 8°
59 mm · 13.7 wet days
June64
22° / 12°
76 mm · 15.1 wet days
July65
24° / 14°
86 mm · 17.4 wet days
August65
24° / 13°
73 mm · 14.6 wet days
September68
18° / 9°
64 mm · 10.9 wet days
October23
11° / 4°
55 mm · 12.8 wet days
November12
4° / 0°
49 mm · 13.5 wet days
December11
0° / -4°
54 mm · 13.6 wet days