Climate
Kaunas features a warm and humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). Despite its northern location, the climate in Kaunas is relatively mild compared to other locations in similar latitudes, mainly because of the Baltic Sea. Because of its latitude, daylight in Kaunas extends 17 hours in midsummer, to only around 7 hours in midwinter. The Kazlų Rūda Forest, west of Kaunas, create a microclimate around the city, regulating humidity and temperature of the air, and protecting it from strong western winds.
Summers in Kaunas are warm and pleasant with average daytime high temperatures of 21–22 °C (70–72 °F) and lows of around 12 °C (54 °F), but temperatures could reach 30 °C (86 °F) on some days. Winters are relatively cold, and sometimes snowy with average temperatures ranging from -8 to 0 °C (18 to 32 °F), and rarely drop below −15 °C (5 °F). Spring and autumn are generally cool to mild.
| Climate data for Kaunas | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −2.6 (27.3) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21 (70) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
10.8 (51.4) |
4.4 (39.9) |
0 (32) |
10.4 (50.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.9 (51.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
11.8 (53.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
4 (39) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
2.6 (36.7) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 39 (1.54) |
31 (1.22) |
35 (1.38) |
42 (1.65) |
55 (2.17) |
69 (2.72) |
80 (3.15) |
78 (3.07) |
56 (2.2) |
45 (1.77) |
53 (2.09) |
47 (1.85) |
630 (24.8) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 18 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 178 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 40.3 | 67.8 | 127.1 | 174.0 | 251.1 | 264.0 | 257.3 | 238.7 | 159.0 | 99.2 | 42.0 | 27.9 | 1,748.4 |
| Source #1: World Weather Information Service | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Hong Kong Observatory | |||||||||||||
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