Kaunas climate — normals and trends
Kaunas (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 676 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kaunas averages 115 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Kaunas 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 137 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.5 °C (on 10 August 1992) and the coldest -36.5 °C (on 1 February 1956).
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
KaunasKaunas
- coords
- 54.90°, 23.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.0°C
Average daily high
10.4°C
Average daily low
3.6°C
Annual rainfall
676mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
22.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
115 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
80.9 cm
Average feels-like high
7.6 °C
Average feels-like low
0.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
10 August 1992
Coldest day
-36.5 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
65 mm
9 August 2005
Windiest day
50.1 km/h
18 January 1955
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
21 January 1956
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-41.7 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
15.0 cm
10 March 1958
Sunniest day
17.0 h
21 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.6 °C | +5.7 °C | 46 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 0.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 25 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 9.7 °C | +6.0 °C | 45 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +4.2 °C | 20 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 14.7 °C | -2.5 °C | 64 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 20.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 103 mm | +29 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 155 mm | +70 mm |
| Aug | 21.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 48 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 19.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 64 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 10.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 98 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 4.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 61 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | 3.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 31 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kaunas?
Kaunas has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.0 °C and it receives 676 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kaunas?
The hottest day measured in Kaunas between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1992, reaching 34.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kaunas?
The coldest day measured in Kaunas between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -36.5 °C.
Does it snow in Kaunas?
Yes. Kaunas gets on average 80.9 cm of snow per year and has around 115 frost days.
Has the climate of Kaunas warmed?
Yes: Kaunas warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kaunas?
The wettest day measured in Kaunas between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2005, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kaunas?
The windiest day measured in Kaunas between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1955, with winds reaching 50.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kaunas?
The warmest month in Kaunas is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kaunas?
Kaunas receives on average 676 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kaunas?
Kaunas 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 Kaunas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kaunas between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1958, with 15.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kaunas?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kaunas.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kaunas?
In Kaunas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -41.7 °C on 1 February 1956.
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