Palanga weather by month & the best time to visit
🇱🇹 Lithuania · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Palanga is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with August and June close behind. Palanga averages about 1,713 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 78 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,713
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 784 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈81 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 22°C / 72°F
- Population
- 18k
- Elevation
- 9 m

When is the best time to visit Palanga?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Palanga is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 70 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Palanga?
Palanga isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,713 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate July (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. Palanga is the sunniest of the 3 destinations tracked in Lithuania. The year's 784 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -4° / 25°F | 70 mm | 0 | 2° / 36°F |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -4° / 25°F | 49 mm | 1 | 3° / 37°F |
| March | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -2° / 28°F | 47 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| April | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 36 mm | 3 | 7° / 45°F |
| May | 53 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 46 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| June | 71 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 62 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| July | 74 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 78 mm | 5 | 22° / 72°F |
| August | 74 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 80 mm | 4 | 22° / 72°F |
| September | 57 | 17° / 63°F | 11° / 52°F | 71 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
| October | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 86 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
| November | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 82 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 77 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
Sea temperature in Palanga by month
The sea off Palanga is warmest in July at around 22°C / 72°F, and coolest in January at 2°C / 36°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 2 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kaliningrad Russia · 124 km · best in Aug · 1,700 h sun/yr
- Riga Latvia · 206 km · best in Jul · 1,691 h sun/yr
- Kaunas Lithuania · 219 km · best in Jun · 1,585 h sun/yr
- Gdańsk Poland · 244 km · best in Aug · 1,636 h sun/yr
- Vilnius Lithuania · 304 km · best in Jun · 1,582 h sun/yr
- Bydgoszcz Poland · 378 km · best in Sep · 1,598 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Visby Sweden · 251 km · 1,890 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kuressaare Estonia · 265 km · 1,739 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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