Trakai climate — normals and trends
Trakai (Lithuania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 710 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Trakai averages 126 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.
Trakai has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 148 to 104 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 31 July 1994) and the coldest -35.5 °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
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- coords
- 54.64°, 24.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.4°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
710mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.3km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
141 d/yr
Annual snowfall
96.4 cm
Average feels-like high
6.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 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
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
34.3 °C
31 July 1994
Coldest day
-35.5 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
66 mm
9 August 2005
Windiest day
51.9 km/h
18 January 1955
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
29 July 2024
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-40.6 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.4 cm
26 January 2021
Sunniest day
16.7 h
27 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.0 °C | +5.9 °C | 45 mm | -0 mm |
| Feb | -0.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 28 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 9.3 °C | +6.4 °C | 43 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 21 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 14.0 °C | -2.8 °C | 98 mm | +31 mm |
| Jun | 19.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 120 mm | +42 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 176 mm | +85 mm |
| Aug | 21.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 51 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 55 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 10.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 100 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 4.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 58 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 35 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Trakai?
Trakai has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 710 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Trakai?
The hottest day measured in Trakai between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1994, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Trakai?
The coldest day measured in Trakai between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -35.5 °C.
Does it snow in Trakai?
Yes. Trakai gets on average 96.4 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Trakai warmed?
Yes: Trakai warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Trakai?
The wettest day measured in Trakai between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2005, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Trakai?
The windiest day measured in Trakai between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1955, with winds reaching 51.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Trakai?
The warmest month in Trakai is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Trakai?
Trakai receives on average 710 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Trakai?
Trakai gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Trakai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Trakai between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 2021, with 17.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Trakai?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Trakai.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Trakai?
In Trakai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -40.6 °C on 16 January 1940.
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