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Vilnius in January

Cold and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Vilnius is cold: highs near 32°F, lows near 21°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 52 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Vilnius is cold: highs near 0°C, lows near -6°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 52 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
32°F0°Caverage
Low
21°F-6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 45% of days
Daylight
7h 54mon average

Is January a good time to visit Vilnius?

January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

77% cover in January, against 49% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

7h 54m in January, against 7h 20m to 17h 12m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December35°2°low 25°low -4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January32°0°low 21°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February34°1°low 21°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Vilnius sits, in January

Europe/Vilnius
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:34 AMsets 4:21 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 January, 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 January 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.