Panevėžys weather in May

In May, Panevėžys sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Panevėžys's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Panevėžys's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
10.8 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
4:19 AM – 8:18 PM
Cloud cover
62%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
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 May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical May day in Panevėžys reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1165
2165
3165
4166
5166
6166
7176
8176
9176
10176
11177
12177
13177
14177
15177
16187
17188
18188
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20188
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22188
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26199
27199
28199
29199
30209
31209

How May really feels in Panevėžys

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Panevėžys weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-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 May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24555
34456
44456
54357
64456
74456
84456
94357
104357
114357
124258
134258
144357
154258
164258
174159
184159
194159
204258
214258
224357
234357
244357
254357
264456
274654
284654
294654
304753
314753

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Panevėžys gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 wet days in May. 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 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
130
231
331
431
532
632
732
833
934
1034
1135
1235
1335
1436
1536
1636
1736
1836
1937
2037
2136
2236
2336
2436
2535
2635
2734
2834
2934
3033
3133

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
59910
69910
79910
89910
99820
109820
119730
129730
139640
149640
159550
169550
179460
189460
199460
209271
219271
229271
239181
249181
259181
268992
278992
288992
298992
3088102
3187103

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
1412calm
1512calm
1612calm
1712calm
1812calm
1912calm
2012calm
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2212calm
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3111calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of May to 16 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:51 AM to 3:57 AM, and sunset from 7:49 PM to 8:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.04:517:49
215.04:487:51
315.14:467:53
415.24:447:55
515.34:427:57
615.34:397:59
715.44:378:01
815.54:358:03
915.54:338:05
1015.64:318:07
1115.74:298:09
1215.74:278:11
1315.84:258:13
1415.94:238:14
1515.94:218:16
1616.04:198:18
1716.04:188:20
1816.14:168:22
1916.24:148:24
2016.24:138:25
2116.34:118:27
2216.34:098:29
2316.44:088:30
2416.44:068:32
2516.54:058:34
2616.54:038:35
2716.64:028:37
2816.64:018:39
2916.73:598:40
3016.73:588:41
3116.83:578:43

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.25 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 — May's 5.25 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
24.9Bright
34.9Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
85.0Bright
95.1Bright
105.1Bright
115.1Bright
125.1Bright
135.1Bright
145.2Bright
155.2Bright
165.2Bright
175.2Bright
185.3Bright
195.3Bright
205.3Bright
215.3Bright
225.4Bright
235.4Bright
245.5Bright
255.5Bright
265.5Bright
275.6Bright
285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Panevėžys?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
1.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Panevėžys for sightseeing.

What to pack for Panevėžys in May

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

In May, Panevėžys sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Panevėžys in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. 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
May 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).