Taurage weather in January

In January, Taurage sees average daytime highs of -0°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 11.5 wet days and about 7.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Taurage's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taurage's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-0°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
8:57 AM – 4:23 PM
Cloud cover
81%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Taurage is city in Lithuania.

Density
1,351/km²
people per km²
Founded
1499

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 Taurage 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 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Taurage

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
13 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Taurage weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -4°5411.56.67.50.0
Feb / -4°4510.37.19.20.0
Mar / -2°4410.13.811.40.3
Apr12° / 419.1113.83.1
May17° / 5310.3015.95.6
Jun20° / 11°6812.10175.9
Jul23° / 13°8612.9016.66.3
Aug22° / 13°7713.4014.86.2
Sep17° / 5910.3012.55.3
Oct11° / 6311.20.410.12.5
Nov / 5411.238.10.3
Dec / -3°5311.86.370.0

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 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Taurage gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 11.5 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 (%)
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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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Wind in January

Winds average 15 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
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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716light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 54 min at the start of January to 8 h 18 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 9:06 AM to 8:37 AM, and sunset from 4:02 PM to 4:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.99:064:02
27.09:064:03
37.09:054:04
47.09:054:06
57.09:054:07
67.19:044:08
77.19:044:09
87.19:034:11
97.29:034:12
107.29:024:14
117.29:014:15
127.39:014:17
137.39:004:18
147.48:594:20
157.48:584:22
167.48:574:23
177.58:564:25
187.58:554:27
197.68:544:29
207.68:534:30
217.78:514:32
227.78:504:34
237.88:494:36
247.88:474:38
257.98:464:40
268.08:444:42
278.08:434:44
288.18:414:46
298.18:404:48
308.28:384:50
318.38:374:52

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.37 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.56 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 Taurage?

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 Taurage.

What to pack for Taurage in January

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

In January, Taurage sees daytime highs around -0°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Taurage 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 Taurage peaks around June 19 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Taurage?

Taurage sits at 55.3°N, 22.3°E, 36 m above sea level, in Lithuania. The nearest listed city is Sovetsk, 32 km away.

SovetskGusevChernyakhovskGargždaiPlungeTelsiaiKlaipėdaKretinga

Topography around Taurage

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Taurage has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 32 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m.

The land around Taurage is covered by grassland (32%), artificial surfaces (26%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (34%), grassland (30%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
107 m
80 km
230 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Sovetsk 32 km · Gusev 74 km · Chernyakhovsk 75 km · Gargždai 76 km · Plunge 78 km · Telsiai 81 km · Klaipėda 88 km · Kretinga 97 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 Taurage (55.2522°, 22.2897°, elevation 36 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).