Kaunas weather in March
March in Kaunas: cold, a little rain, with clean air — a fair time to visit.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#8 of 12 months in Kaunas · #1234 of 1413 destinations to visit in March · comfort 59/100 (tier D)
- Days
- 7°C
- Nights
- -1°C
- Wet days
- 10
- Sun
- 6.9 h
- Humidity
- 75%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Traveller notes on Kaunas in March
Notes from nearby Vilnius (91 km away)
Kaunas doesn't have its own notes for March yet — these are about Vilnius, close enough to share the season.
Regulars are unsentimental about March here: it is the month of melting snow and the dirt that appears from underneath it, and not the city at its prettiest. The range they give is wide - anywhere from below zero to 10 or 12C, milder towards the end - with snow early in the month turning to rain later, and the year it snowed into April as their standing warning that none of it is reliable. Our row sits at 6.8C by day, though only 3C to stand in, over nights at -1.9C that feel like -6C in an 18.9 kph wind, with 7.5cm still in the snow column. Warm clothes that also stay dry is their advice, and check the forecast a few days out rather than packing on averages. The record: humidity 75 percent, 6.9 hours of sun and AQI 41.
Other months in Kaunas
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.
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.
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Kaunas climate normals — March
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Kaunas in March
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.
Shoulder seasonschool holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Kaunas's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Fair weatherKaunas's weather peaks June–August.
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What's on in Kaunas in March
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Festival
Uzgavenes
1 Feb – 10 Mar · usuallyCarnivalLithuania's pre-Lent carnival, forty-seven days before Easter: carved masks, a scripted fight between the fat man and the thin man, pancakes, and an effigy of winter burned at the end of it. Source ↗
Nearby, and something's on
Within 300 km of Kaunas — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.
Where is Kaunas?
Kaunas in March — FAQ
- Is March a good time to visit Kaunas?
- March in Kaunas: cold, a little rain, with clean air — a fair time to visit. It ranks #8 of 12 months for Kaunas on SeasonMap's comfort score (59/100).
- What is the weather like in Kaunas in March?
- In March, Kaunas averages a daily high of 6.6°C and a low of -1°C, with about 35.1 mm of rain over roughly 9.6 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Kaunas in March?
- Kaunas has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 40 in March.
- Does it snow in Kaunas in March?
- Kaunas sees roughly 5.6 cm of snowfall in March.
Within 300 km: Vilnius' Uzgavenes around 5 Feb – 10 Mar, and Kaliningrad's Amber after the storms around 15 Oct – 31 Mar.