Kaunas weather by month

The best time to visit Kaunas is June to August — 93/100 in August, 24°C and 12 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (91/100 on average).

The worst month is January at 32/100 — freezing, a little rain, clean air. See January →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Lithuania →

Kaunas🇱🇹 Lithuania · Baltics · City93
  1. 32Jan
  2. 42Feb
  3. 59Mar
  4. 73Apr
  5. 81May
  6. 91Jun
  7. 88Jul
  8. 93Aug
  9. 83Sep
  10. 63Oct
  11. 49Nov
  12. 37Dec

Best season: June to August (91/100 on average) · worst January (32/100)

Days
24°C
Nights
13°C
Wet days
12
Sun
10.6 h
Humidity
74%
Daylight
15 h
Kaunas, Lithuania
Photo: Erika Žigutytė · Pexels

Kaunas, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Kaunas is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan32F0°C13 d2 hQuiet—
Feb42F2°C11 d4 hQuiet1
Mar59D7°C10 d7 hShoulder1
Apr73B13°C10 d9 hShoulder1
May81A19°C11 d12 hShoulder—
Jun91S23°C11 d13 hBusy3
Jul88A24°C14 d12 hBusy2
Aug93S24°C12 d11 hBusy1
Sep83A19°C9 d8 hBusy1
Oct63C12°C13 d5 hBusy1
Nov49F5°C11 d2 hShoulder—
Dec37F2°C13 d1 hBusy1

What's on in Kaunas through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

February
  • Uzgavenes1 Feb – 10 Mar (usually)Festival
April
  • Kaunas Jazz10–30 Apr (usually)Festival
June
  • Pazaislis Music Festival1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Festival
  • Operetta at Kaunas Castle1 Jun – 31 Jul (usually)Festival
  • Joninės, Midsummer23–24 JunHoliday
September
  • AURA International Dance Festival25 Sep – 10 Oct (usually)Festival
December
  • Christmas closures24–26 DecHoliday

Everything on in Kaunas through the year →

Crowds in Kaunas in August

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

Busyschool holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather(estimated)

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Traveller notes on Kaunas

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Kaunas forum regulars, drawing on the same regional conversation as Vilnius, call early June warm and pleasant, with typical readings “between 18°C-28°C,” though sometimes it's unexpectedly cold, sometimes hot year to year — genuine variability rather than a single reliable number. Summer overall gets rated the best season to visit, with the high 20s to low 30s not uncommon at the warmer end. Kaunas's own draw beyond the weather: Laisvės Alėja, the 1.6km pedestrianised main street, along with the Devil's Museum, the Čiurlionis art gallery, the 9th Fort and Pažaislis Monastery, plus riverside beaches reachable by bus or bike along the Nemunas. Our record: 23.8°C days, 14.1°C nights, 10.6 rain days and 12.7 hours of sun — warm and sunny, sitting in the middle of the “18-28°C, some years hotter” range forums describe.
Tripadvisor community · June · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Forum posters describe December in Kaunas as capable of being very wintry, rainy and freezing, with temperatures typically hovering around 0C, though posters note a genuinely lucky sunny day is possible too. Posters consistently recommend thermal layers, a hat, scarf and gloves as standard preparation. Posters describe early December in some years as still more autumn-like than winter, with little or no snow yet, while days themselves are at their shortest of the year regardless. Posters generally recommend pairing a Kaunas visit with Vilnius, noting Christmas decorations typically go up ahead of the holidays and stay festive into early January. Posters generally rate December as cold and genuinely variable, workable with proper winter gear.
Tripadvisor community · December · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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