What are the temperature differences between Vilnius and Kaunas?

Kaunas generally experiences slightly warmer temperatures than Vilnius throughout the year. Both cities have similar temperature patterns, with July and August being most comfortable. November and December are discomforting in both cities. Kaunas tends to have slightly milder winters and warmer summers compared to Vilnius.

What are the differences in sun/precipitation levels between Vilnius and Kaunas?

Vilnius and Kaunas exhibit very similar weather patterns throughout the year Kaunas tends to have slightly more sun hours in most months, especially in June and August, but the difference is minimal Precipitation levels are also close, with Vilnius experiencing marginally higher rainfall in some months like August and December.

What are the differences in astronomy conditions (sunrise, sunset) between Vilnius and Kaunas?

Vilnius experiences slightly earlier sunrises and sunsets compared to Kaunas throughout the year. Consequently, Vilnius has marginally shorter days during both the longest and shortest day of the year. The difference in sunrise and sunset times between the two cities is only a few minutes. Both cities have very similar day length trends due to their close proximity.

Lithuania: Weather & Climate Comparison

Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Temperatures

Kaunas generally experiences slightly warmer temperatures than Vilnius throughout the year.
Both cities have similar temperature patterns, with July and August being most comfortable.
November and December are discomforting in both cities.
Kaunas tends to have slightly milder winters and warmer summers compared to Vilnius.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Vilnius	Kaunas
Jan	-0.1°C	0.8°C
Feb	0.6°C	1.7°C
Mar	5.7°C	6.4°C
Apr	11.1°C	11.6°C
May	16.7°C	17.2°C
Jun	22.1°C	22.3°C
Jul	22.5°C	22.7°C
Aug	23.0°C	23.3°C
Sep	18.1°C	19.1°C
Oct	11.5°C	12.4°C
Nov	5.0°C	5.9°C
Dec	0.7°C	1.5°C
Average	12.1°C	11.4°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Vilnius	Kaunas
Jan	-4.2°C	-3.2°C
Feb	-3.9°C	-2.8°C
Mar	-0.8°C	-0.1°C
Apr	2.8°C	3.2°C
May	7.4°C	7.6°C
Jun	12.5°C	12.7°C
Jul	13.6°C	13.9°C
Aug	13.8°C	14.1°C
Sep	9.8°C	10.3°C
Oct	5.7°C	6.5°C
Nov	1.1°C	2.0°C
Dec	-2.7°C	-2.0°C
Average	5.2°C	4.6°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions

Vilnius and Kaunas exhibit very similar weather patterns throughout the year
Kaunas tends to have slightly more sun hours in most months, especially in June and August, but the difference is minimal
Precipitation levels are also close, with Vilnius experiencing marginally higher rainfall in some months like August and December.

Sunny Weather

Period	Vilnius	Kaunas
Jan	0.8 hours/day	1.0 hours/day
Feb	1.3 hours/day	1.6 hours/day
Mar	3.1 hours/day	3.3 hours/day
Apr	3.9 hours/day	4.0 hours/day
May	5.6 hours/day	5.8 hours/day
Jun	6.5 hours/day	7.0 hours/day
Jul	5.4 hours/day	5.5 hours/day
Aug	6.4 hours/day	6.2 hours/day
Sep	5.2 hours/day	5.2 hours/day
Oct	2.5 hours/day	2.6 hours/day
Nov	1.6 hours/day	1.8 hours/day
Dec	0.7 hours/day	0.8 hours/day
Average	3.7 hours/day	3.6 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Vilnius	Kaunas
Jan	2.8mm	2.5mm
Feb	1.9mm	1.8mm
Mar	1.4mm	1.3mm
Apr	1.8mm	1.6mm
May	2.2mm	2.0mm
Jun	2.3mm	2.6mm
Jul	3.0mm	3.0mm
Aug	2.8mm	2.6mm
Sep	1.6mm	1.3mm
Oct	2.0mm	1.8mm
Nov	1.7mm	1.5mm
Dec	2.4mm	2.0mm
Average	2.0mm	2.2mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Vilnius	Kaunas
Jan	19.5km/h	22.2km/h
Feb	19.2km/h	21.6km/h
Mar	18.4km/h	20.5km/h
Apr	18.8km/h	20.8km/h
May	17.0km/h	18.2km/h
Jun	15.9km/h	17.1km/h
Jul	16.0km/h	17.8km/h
Aug	14.2km/h	16.1km/h
Sep	16.4km/h	18.8km/h
Oct	18.5km/h	21.2km/h
Nov	17.5km/h	19.8km/h
Dec	18.6km/h	20.7km/h
Average	19.6km/h	17.5km/h

Humidity

Period	Vilnius	Kaunas
Jan	89.1%	88.1%
Feb	86.4%	84.1%
Mar	75.5%	74.6%
Apr	73.1%	72.6%
May	72.8%	73.3%
Jun	76.3%	76.6%
Jul	77.5%	77.3%
Aug	76.4%	75.5%
Sep	74.7%	73.1%
Oct	81.7%	79.2%
Nov	85.7%	84.1%
Dec	90.3%	89.2%
Average	79.0%	80.0%

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Astronomy

Vilnius experiences slightly earlier sunrises and sunsets compared to Kaunas throughout the year.
Consequently, Vilnius has marginally shorter days during both the longest and shortest day of the year.
The difference in sunrise and sunset times between the two cities is only a few minutes.
Both cities have very similar day length trends due to their close proximity.

Sunrise Time

Period	Vilnius	Kaunas
Jan	8:30	8:37
Feb	7:40	7:47
Mar	6:37	6:43
Apr	6:16	6:21
May	5:13	5:17
Jun	4:43	4:47
Jul	5:05	5:09
Aug	5:56	6:01
Sep	6:52	6:58
Oct	7:44	7:50
Nov	7:50	7:56
Dec	8:34	8:41
Average	6:48	6:48

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Vilnius	Kaunas
Jan	16:26	16:31
Feb	17:26	17:31
Mar	18:30	18:35
Apr	20:23	20:29
May	21:20	21:26
Jun	21:56	22:02
Jul	21:44	21:50
Aug	20:48	20:55
Sep	19:34	19:40
Oct	18:13	18:19
Nov	16:17	16:22
Dec	15:55	15:59
Average	19:06	19:00

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Vilnius	Kaunas
Jan	7:56 hours	7:55 hours
Feb	9:46 hours	9:44 hours
Mar	11:30 hours	11:35 hours
Apr	13:23 hours	13:29 hours
May	14:20 hours	14:26 hours
Jun	14:56 hours	15:02 hours
Jul	14:44 hours	14:50 hours
Aug	13:48 hours	13:55 hours
Sep	12:34 hours	12:40 hours
Oct	10:29 hours	10:28 hours
Nov	8:28 hours	8:26 hours
Dec	7:21 hours	7:19 hours
Average	11:42 hours	11:36 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.

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