Panevėžys weather in January

In January, Panevėžys sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-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 8% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Panevėžys's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Panevėžys's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 18 min
8:51 AM – 4:12 PM
Cloud cover
84%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.5 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 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 Panevėžys 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 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
10-4
20-4
3-1-4
4-1-4
5-1-4
6-1-4
70-4
80-4
90-4
100-4
110-4
12-1-4
13-1-4
14-1-4
15-1-5
16-1-5
17-1-5
18-1-5
19-1-5
20-1-5
21-1-5
22-1-5
23-1-5
24-1-5
25-1-5
26-1-5
27-1-6
28-1-6
29-1-6
30-1-6
31-1-6

How January really feels in Panevėžys

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.

Panevėžys weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 10th-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 January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11387
21387
31387
41486
51486
61486
71387
81387
91387
101387
111387
121387
131486
141486
151486
161486
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311783

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Panevėžys gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13623
23623
33623
43622
53622
63522
73522
83421
93421
103320
113220
123119
133119
143019
152919
162919
172919
182819
192819
202820
212920
222921
232921
243022
253123
263124
273225
283225
293326
303326
313426

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
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in January

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

Across January, 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
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
1315light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
2314light breeze
2414light breeze
2514light breeze
2614light breeze
2714light breeze
2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze
3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 12 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 9:01 AM to 8:31 AM, and sunset from 3:51 PM to 4:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.89:013:51
26.99:003:52
36.99:003:53
46.99:003:54
56.99:003:55
67.08:593:57
77.08:593:58
87.08:583:59
97.18:574:01
107.18:574:02
117.18:564:04
127.28:554:06
137.28:544:07
147.38:534:09
157.38:534:10
167.38:514:12
177.48:504:14
187.48:494:16
197.58:484:18
207.58:474:19
217.68:464:21
227.68:444:23
237.78:434:25
247.88:424:27
257.88:404:29
267.98:394:31
277.98:374:33
288.08:364:35
298.18:344:37
308.18:324:39
318.28:314:41

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.5 kWh/m².

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 — January's 0.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.3Dim
20.4Dim
30.4Dim
40.4Dim
50.4Dim
60.4Dim
70.4Dim
80.4Dim
90.4Dim
100.4Dim
110.4Dim
120.4Dim
130.5Dim
140.5Dim
150.5Dim
160.5Dim
170.5Dim
180.5Dim
190.5Dim
200.6Dim
210.6Dim
220.6Dim
230.6Dim
240.6Dim
250.6Dim
260.7Dim
270.7Dim
280.7Dim
290.7Dim
300.7Dim
310.8Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Panevėžys?

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 Panevėžys.

What to pack for Panevėžys in January

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

In January, Panevėžys sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Panevėžys in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 1. 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
January 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).