Vilnius weather by month & the best time to visit
🇱🇹 Lithuania · city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Vilnius is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with August and July close behind. Vilnius averages about 1,582 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 77 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,582
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 74/100
- Rain / year
- 753 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 542k
- Elevation
- 181 m
When is the best time to visit Vilnius?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Vilnius is June, then August and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 54 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Vilnius?
Vilnius isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,582 hours of sunshine a year. 74 Sunshine Score points separate June (74) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 3 destinations in Lithuania for annual sunshine, below the national median of 1,585 hours. The year's 753 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -9° / 16°F | 54 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -9° / 16°F | 43 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -5° / 23°F | 45 mm | 2 |
| April | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 46 mm | 3 |
| May | 62 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 71 mm | 4 |
| June | 74 | 21° / 70°F | 11° / 52°F | 77 mm | 5 |
| July | 69 | 23° / 73°F | 14° / 57°F | 100 mm | 5 |
| August | 72 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 84 mm | 4 |
| September | 58 | 17° / 63°F | 8° / 46°F | 54 mm | 3 |
| October | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 68 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 56 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 55 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kaunas Lithuania · 85 km · best in Jun · 1,585 h sun/yr
- Minsk Belarus · 197 km · best in Jun · 1,717 h sun/yr
- Riga Latvia · 267 km · best in Jul · 1,691 h sun/yr
- Kaliningrad Russia · 302 km · best in Aug · 1,700 h sun/yr
- Warsaw Poland · 396 km · best in Sep · 1,623 h sun/yr
- Lublin Poland · 415 km · best in Sep · 1,678 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Palanga Lithuania · 304 km · 1,713 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Olsztyn Poland · 311 km · 1,628 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Vilnius compares month by month: Vilnius vs Minsk · Vilnius vs Riga · Vilnius vs Kaunas · all comparisons
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