Plunge weather in January

In January, Plunge sees average daytime highs of -0°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -0°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 48 min at the start of January to 8 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Plunge's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Plunge's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-0°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
7 h 18 min
9:03 AM – 4:21 PM
Cloud cover
80%
10th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Plunge is city in Lithuania.

Density
630/km²
people per km²
Founded
1567

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 -0°C through the month.

A typical January day in Plunge reaches about -0°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°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)
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How January really feels in Plunge

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
14 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Plunge weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -4°5711.37.27.40.0
Feb / -5°4710.17.29.20.0
Mar / -2°4510.54.911.40.2
Apr11° / 439.71.313.82.6
May16° / 5410.40165.1
Jun19° / 10°7312017.25.8
Jul22° / 13°8813.7016.76.1
Aug21° / 13°8413.2014.86.0
Sep16° / 6410.9012.54.9
Oct10° / 7012.70.510.12.2
Nov / 5511.52.880.2
Dec / -2°5811.96.86.80.0

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 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
31981
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51981
61981
71882
81882
91882
101882
111882
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302080
312080

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Plunge gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 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 37% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14123
24123
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44123
54123
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74122
84022
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313628

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 (%)
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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
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2016light breeze
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2216light breeze
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3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 48 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 78 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 9:12 AM to 8:41 AM, and sunset from 4:00 PM to 4:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.89:124:00
26.89:124:01
36.89:124:02
46.99:114:03
56.99:114:04
66.99:104:06
77.09:104:07
87.09:094:08
97.09:094:10
107.19:084:11
117.19:074:13
127.19:064:14
137.29:064:16
147.29:054:18
157.39:044:19
167.39:034:21
177.49:024:23
187.49:004:25
197.58:594:27
207.58:584:28
217.68:574:30
227.68:554:32
237.78:544:34
247.78:534:36
257.88:514:38
267.88:504:40
277.98:484:42
288.08:464:44
298.08:454:46
308.18:434:48
318.18:414:50

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.51 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Plunge?

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 Plunge.

What to pack for Plunge in January

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

In January, Plunge sees daytime highs around -0°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Plunge in January

The nearest coast averages about 4°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 55 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Plunge 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 Plunge 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 Plunge?

Plunge sits at 55.9°N, 21.8°E, 106 m above sea level, in Lithuania. The nearest listed city is Telsiai, 26 km away.

TelsiaiGargždaiKretingaPalangaKlaipėdaMazeikiaiTaurageLiepāja

Topography around Plunge

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Plunge has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 120 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m.

The land around Plunge is covered by grassland (38%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, trees (45%), grassland (28%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (37%), cropland (27%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
167 m
80 km
229 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Telsiai 26 km · Gargždai 36 km · Kretinga 37 km · Palanga 48 km · Klaipėda 50 km · Mazeikiai 54 km · Taurage 78 km · Liepāja 84 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 Plunge (55.9114°, 21.8442°, elevation 106 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).