Climate and average weather in Panevėžys

In Panevėžys, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid May to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Panevėžys typically varies from -5°C to 23°C, and is rarely below -16°C or above 29°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Panevėžys for warm-weather activities is from mid May to mid September.

Hottest
Jul
23°
Coldest
Jan
-5°
Wettest
Jul
77 mm
Driest
Feb
35 mm
Rain / yr
610 mm
127 wet days
Daylight
6.7–17.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
55 m
55.7°N
Clearest
Jul
62% cloud

Panevėžys is city in Lithuania.

Air quality
Good
PM10 26.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,590/km²
people per km²
Founded
1503

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

Panevėžys weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Panevėžys, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 17 to September 12, with daily high temperatures above 18°C. The hottest month of the year in Panevėžys is July, with an average high of 23°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.8 months, from November 18 to March 12, with daily high temperatures below 4°C. The coldest month of the year in Panevėžys is January, with an average low of -5°C and high of -1°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in May.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-1-5
Feb0-5
Mar5-2
Apr123
May187
Jun2111
Jul2314
Aug2213
Sep179
Oct104
Nov41
Dec1-3

How hot and cold Panevėžys really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -11°C (around January 27), with roughly 180 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 37 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-1-1-10-5
Feb00-10-5
Mar55-7-2
Apr1212-13
May181857
Jun21211111
Jul23231314
Aug22221313
Sep171779
Oct101014
Nov44-31
Dec01-8-3

Average hourly temperature in Panevėžys

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 23°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -5°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Panevėžys weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -5°389.96.67.40.0
Feb / -5°359.46.89.20.0
Mar / -2°379.64.111.40.3
Apr12° / 419.41.113.83.1
May18° / 5410.80.115.95.6
Jun21° / 11°6711.7017.16.0
Jul23° / 14°7712016.76.5
Aug22° / 13°7111.7014.86.4
Sep17° / 509.6012.55.3
Oct10° / 5511.20.810.12.3
Nov / 4510.92.980.2
Dec / -3°4210.66.96.80.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Panevėžys gets about 610 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.1 months, from around Jun 5 to Sep 5, peaking in June at about 44% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 24.

July is the wettest month by volume, with 77 mm over about 12 wet days; February is the driest, with 35 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 23 · 44%Apr 24 · 29%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb339
Mar3210
Apr319
May3411
Jun4012
Jul3912
Aug3712
Sep3310
Oct3611
Nov3611
Dec3411

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Panevėžys collects about 610 mm of rain across 127 wet days — roughly 51 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 77 mm, while February is the driest at just 35 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec383537415467777150554542
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan38107
Feb3597
Mar37104
Apr4191
May54110
Jun67120
Jul77120
Aug71120
Sep50100
Oct55111
Nov45113
Dec42117

Snow in Panevėžys

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Panevėžys averages about 29 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 12 to Apr 21 — about 6.3 months.

December is snowiest, with roughly 7 days of snow and an estimated 27 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 104 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonDec 22
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan720
Feb726
Mar414
Apr14
May01
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct12
Nov311
Dec727

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Panevėžys, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 25 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around October 4. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 44% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 5 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around March 24. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 86% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 3 · 47%Dec 11 · 13%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1585
Feb1783
Mar2674
Apr3862
May4456
Jun4159
Jul4357
Aug4357
Sep3466
Oct2674
Nov1585
Dec1486

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 19, brings about 17 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around December 18, only 6 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 10 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan7.48:514:12
Feb9.28:015:13
Mar11.46:496:15
Apr13.85:277:19
May15.94:198:18
Jun17.13:469:00
Jul16.74:068:50
Aug14.85:027:52
Sep12.56:036:30
Oct10.17:045:11
Nov8.08:104:06
Dec6.88:563:42

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Panevėžys averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 8 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.5 months, from around Mar 20 to Oct 4. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 7 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 2 sunny days — about 67% fewer than the April peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedApr 258 daysNov 192 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan3Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr7Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep6Gloomy
Oct4Gloomy
Nov2Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Panevėžys, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.0 months, from around June 1 to August 30. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 17% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 31 to May 31, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 7 · 100%Jul 28 · 78%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May94510
Jun761760
Jul5033133
Aug5632102
Sep881210
Oct99100
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Panevėžys is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Sep 24 to Apr 1. The windiest month is January, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 2 to Sep 23, with July the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 3 · 15 km/hJul 30 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar13light breeze
Apr12light breeze
May12calm
Jun11calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep12light breeze
Oct13light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Best time to visit Panevėžys

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Panevėžys throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late May, Panevėžys is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Panevėžys for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to mid September, with a peak score in the last week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 30 · 6.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.3poor
Apr3.1poor
May5.5good
Jun6.0good
Jul6.5good
Aug6.4good
Sep5.2fair
Oct2.3poor
Nov0.2poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Panevėžys for hot-weather activities is from early July to mid August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 30 · 5.6

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Panevėžys, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 23°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -1°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Panevėžys sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Panevėžys by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Panevėžys peaks around June 20 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 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 20UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Panevėžys

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr2.50
May60
Jun7.50
Jul7.50
Aug60
Sep2.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Panevėžys typically lasts about 234 days, from around April 1 to November 20 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 2 to October 10.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonApr 150%May 290%Oct 1090%Nov 2050%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan2231
Feb2128
Mar3331
Apr7430
May961
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep990
Oct8521
Nov5630
Dec3031

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Panevėžys banks about 828 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02004006008001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May76
Jun177
Jul255
Aug232
Sep88
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Panevėžys receives about 2.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.3 and 5.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Mar 23 to Sep 14. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.5 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.3 kWh/m² — roughly 94% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 45.7 kWhDec 180.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.5Dim
Feb1.1Dim
Mar2.5Moderate
Apr4.0Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun5.5Bright
Jul5.2Bright
Aug4.2Bright
Sep2.7Moderate
Oct1.4Dim
Nov0.6Dim
Dec0.3Dim

Where is Panevėžys?

Panevėžys sits at 55.7°N, 24.4°E, 55 m above sea level, in Lithuania. The nearest listed city is Radviliskis, 53 km away.

RadviliskisKėdainiaiUkmergeŠiauliaiJonavaUtenaEiguliaiDainava (Kaunas)

Topography around Panevėžys

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Panevėžys has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 55 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 m.

The land around Panevėžys is covered by artificial surfaces (52%), grassland (24%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and trees (37%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
73 m
80 km
217 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Radviliskis 53 km · Kėdainiai 55 km · Ukmerge 59 km · Šiauliai 69 km · Jonava 73 km · Utena 82 km · Eiguliai 93 km · Dainava (Kaunas) 94 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 Panevėžys (55.7319°, 24.3598°, elevation 55 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).