Alytus climate — normals and trends
Alytus (Lithuania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.0 °C and it receives 675 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Alytus averages 116 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Alytus has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 138 to 94 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.5 °C (on 31 July 1994) and the coldest -35.3 °C (on 11 January 1950).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AlytusAlytus
- coords
- 54.40°, 24.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.0°C
Average daily high
10.3°C
Average daily low
3.6°C
Annual rainfall
675mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.8km/h
Seasonal range
22.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
116 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
82.1 cm
Average feels-like high
7.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
34.5 °C
31 July 1994
Coldest day
-35.3 °C
11 January 1950
Wettest day
68 mm
9 August 2005
Windiest day
50.8 km/h
18 January 1955
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
22 January 1956
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-41.0 °C
11 January 1950
Snowiest day
14.5 cm
26 January 2021
Sunniest day
16.8 h
21 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.5 °C | +5.7 °C | 40 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 0.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 25 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 9.9 °C | +6.3 °C | 41 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +4.2 °C | 17 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 14.9 °C | -2.2 °C | 54 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 20.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 89 mm | +15 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 155 mm | +68 mm |
| Aug | 21.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 43 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 19.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 63 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 10.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 97 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 4.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 61 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 3.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 30 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alytus?
Alytus has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.0 °C and it receives 675 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alytus?
The hottest day measured in Alytus between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1994, reaching 34.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alytus?
The coldest day measured in Alytus between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1950, at -35.3 °C.
Does it snow in Alytus?
Yes. Alytus gets on average 82.1 cm of snow per year and has around 116 frost days.
Has the climate of Alytus warmed?
Yes: Alytus warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alytus?
The wettest day measured in Alytus between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2005, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alytus?
The windiest day measured in Alytus between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1955, with winds reaching 50.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alytus?
The warmest month in Alytus is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Alytus?
Alytus receives on average 675 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alytus?
Alytus gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alytus?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alytus between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 2021, with 14.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alytus?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Alytus.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alytus?
In Alytus, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -41.0 °C on 11 January 1950.
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