Kaunas weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Kaunas is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with August and July close behind. Kaunas averages about 1,585 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 80 mm of rain in June.

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Sun hours / year

1,585

Sunniest month

June

Peak score

73/100

Rain / year

775 mm

Snow / year

≈1.5 m

Midday UV at peak

5 (moderate)

Population

375k

Elevation

74 m

When is the best time to visit Kaunas?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Kaunas is June, then August and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 57 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Kaunas?

Kaunas isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,585 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate June (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 3 destinations in Lithuania for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 1,585 hours. The year's 775 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Vilnius Lithuania · 85 km · best in Jun · 1,582 h sun/yr
• Riga Latvia · 218 km · best in Jul · 1,691 h sun/yr
• Kaliningrad Russia · 223 km · best in Aug · 1,700 h sun/yr
• Minsk Belarus · 282 km · best in Jun · 1,717 h sun/yr
• Gdańsk Poland · 367 km · best in Aug · 1,636 h sun/yr
• Warsaw Poland · 373 km · best in Sep · 1,623 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Palanga Lithuania · 219 km · 1,713 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Olsztyn Poland · 263 km · 1,628 h sun/yr · best in Jun

Head-to-head

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