Mazeikiai weather in January

In January, Mazeikiai sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 47 mm of precipitation across 10.5 wet days and about 7.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -1°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mazeikiai's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mazeikiai's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
47 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
9:03 AM – 4:17 PM
Cloud cover
81%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Mazeikiai is city in the north-western Lithuania.

Air quality
Good
PM10 26.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,986/km²
people per km²
Founded
1529

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mazeikiai reaches about -1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -8°C and 5°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
10-4
20-4
30-4
40-4
50-4
60-4
70-4
80-4
90-4
100-4
110-4
120-4
130-4
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18-1-4
19-1-5
20-1-5
21-1-5
22-1-5
23-1-5
24-1-5
25-1-5
26-1-5
27-1-5
28-1-5
29-1-5
30-1-5
31-1-5

How January really feels in Mazeikiai

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
15 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Mazeikiai weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -5°4710.56.77.30.0
Feb / -5°399.56.89.10.0
Mar / -2°409.94.611.40.2
Apr11° / 409.51.413.92.6
May16° / 5310.40.1165.1
Jun19° / 10°7211.7017.35.8
Jul22° / 13°8013.4016.86.1
Aug21° / 12°7712.8014.96.0
Sep16° / 579.9012.55.0
Oct10° / 6111.30.510.12.2
Nov / 4810.72.97.90.2
Dec / -2°4910.86.16.70.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31783
41783
51783
61783
71783
81783
91783
101783
111684
121684
131684
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151783
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312080

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Mazeikiai gets around 47 mm of rain and snow over 10.5 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 34% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13921
23921
33921
43922
53922
63821
73821
83821
93721
103621
113521
123521
133421
143321
153220
163120
173120
183020
193021
203021
213021
223022
233022
243123
253123
263224
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283325
293325
303425
313425

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
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8100
9100
10100
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15100
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18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

Winds average 16 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
1416light breeze
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1916light breeze
2016light breeze
2116light breeze
2216light breeze
2315light breeze
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2715light breeze
2815light breeze
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3015light breeze
3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 42 min at the start of January to 8 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:13 AM to 8:41 AM, and sunset from 3:55 PM to 4:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.79:133:55
26.79:133:56
36.79:123:57
46.89:123:58
56.89:124:00
66.89:114:01
76.99:114:02
86.99:104:04
96.99:094:05
107.09:094:07
117.09:084:08
127.09:074:10
137.19:064:12
147.19:054:13
157.29:044:15
167.29:034:17
177.39:024:19
187.39:014:20
197.49:004:22
207.48:584:24
217.58:574:26
227.58:564:28
237.68:544:30
247.78:534:32
257.78:514:34
267.88:504:36
277.88:484:38
287.98:474:40
298.08:454:42
308.08:434:44
318.18:414:47

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.32 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.49 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.3Dim
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30.3Dim
40.4Dim
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140.5Dim
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310.8Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Mazeikiai?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mazeikiai.

What to pack for Mazeikiai in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Mazeikiai sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Mazeikiai in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mazeikiai peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 19UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Mazeikiai?

Mazeikiai sits at 56.3°N, 22.3°E, 70 m above sea level, in Lithuania. The nearest listed city is Telsiai, 38 km away.

TelsiaiPlungeŠiauliaiKretingaLiepājaGargždai

Topography around Mazeikiai

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Mazeikiai.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mazeikiai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 71 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m.

The land around Mazeikiai is covered by trees (32%), grassland (27%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
99 m
80 km
229 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Telsiai 38 km · Plunge 54 km · Šiauliai 74 km · Kuldīga 77 km · Kretinga 83 km · Liepāja 84 km · Tukums 88 km · Gargždai 89 km

Lithuania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 58% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$32,959
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.6
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
8.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 543
Religion
Roman Catholic 74%none 6%Russian Orthodox 4%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Mazeikiai (56.3167°, 22.3333°, elevation 70 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).