Panevėžys weather in December

In December, Panevėžys sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 42 mm of precipitation across 10.6 wet days and about 6.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 2°C in the first days to -0°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 12 min at the start of December to 6 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Panevėžys's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Panevėžys's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
42 mm
10.6 wet days
Daylight
6 h 48 min
8:56 AM – 3:42 PM
Cloud cover
85%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

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.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 2°C in the first days to -0°C by the end.

A typical December day in Panevėžys reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -6°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12-1
22-2
32-2
42-2
51-2
61-2
71-2
81-2
91-2
101-2
111-2
121-2
131-3
141-3
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How December really feels in Panevėžys

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December 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
wind chill below the day's low

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

Panevėžys weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

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

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31486
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51486
61486
71486
81387
91387
101288
111288
121288
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Panevėžys gets around 42 mm of rain and snow over 10.6 wet days in December. 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 37% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13216
23216
33216
43217
53218
63218
73319
83319
93320
103321
113421
123422
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313624

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December 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
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3100
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18100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 14 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
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1814light breeze
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2114light breeze
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3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 12 min at the start of December to 6 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:37 AM to 9:01 AM, and sunset from 3:47 PM to 3:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:373:47
27.18:393:47
37.18:403:46
47.18:423:45
57.08:433:45
67.08:453:44
77.08:463:44
86.98:473:43
96.98:483:43
106.98:503:42
116.98:513:42
126.88:523:42
136.88:533:42
146.88:543:42
156.88:553:42
166.88:563:42
176.88:563:42
186.78:573:42
196.78:583:42
206.78:593:43
216.78:593:43
226.79:003:43
236.79:003:44
246.79:003:45
256.79:013:45
266.79:013:46
276.89:013:47
286.89:013:47
296.89:013:48
306.89:013:49
316.89:013:50

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.33 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.33 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.4Dim
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60.3Dim
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310.3Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Panevėžys?

Our two travel scores rate December 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

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Panevėžys.

What to pack for Panevėžys in December

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

In December, Panevėžys sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -3°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 Panevėžys in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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

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
Location & terrain

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
December weather 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).