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Vilnius in December

Cold and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Vilnius is cold: highs near 35°F, lows near 25°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 7 hours 20 minutes.December in Vilnius is cold: highs near 2°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 7 hours 20 minutes.

High
35°F2°Caverage
Low
25°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 45% of days
Daylight
7h 20mon average

Is December a good time to visit Vilnius?

December sits outside Vilnius's best months, which run from June to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 35°F in December, against 32°F to 76°F through the year.Highs near 2°C in December, against 0°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

45% of days in December, against 33% to 46% through the year.

Cloud cover

78% cover in December, against 49% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

7h 20m in December, against 7h 20m to 17h 12m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November45°7°low 34°low 1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December35°2°low 25°low -4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January32°0°low 21°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Vilnius sits, in December

Europe/Vilnius
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
8:35 AMsets 3:53 PM
Above the sea
100 mlow-lying
Latitude
54.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Vilnius, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Vilnius is our one place in Lithuania so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Vilnius

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Vilnius. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (100 m) against the climate model's (161 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (100 m) against the climate model's (161 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.