Ukmerge weather in January

In January, Ukmerge sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 46 mm of precipitation across 10.9 wet days and about 7.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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 7% 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 Ukmerge's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ukmerge's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
46 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
8:47 AM – 4:13 PM
Cloud cover
85%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ukmerge is city in Lithuania.

Density
986/km²
people per km²
Founded
1225

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 Ukmerge 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 -9°C and 4°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)
1-1-5
2-1-5
3-1-5
4-1-5
5-1-5
6-1-5
7-1-5
8-1-5
9-1-5
10-1-5
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20-1-5
21-1-5
22-1-6
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27-1-6
28-1-6
29-1-6
30-1-6
31-1-6

How January really feels in Ukmerge

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
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Ukmerge weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -5°4610.98.17.50.0
Feb-0° / -5°4010.17.59.20.0
Mar / -2°4110.14.611.40.2
Apr12° / 45101.413.83.1
May18° / 5811.40.115.95.5
Jun21° / 11°7412.90175.9
Jul23° / 13°8412016.66.5
Aug22° / 13°7812.1014.86.3
Sep17° / 519.9012.55.2
Oct10° / 5811.20.810.12.2
Nov / 4810.63.48.10.1
Dec / -3°4911.47.470.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31288
41288
51387
61387
71387
81387
91288
101288
111288
121288
131288
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301585
311585

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ukmerge gets around 46 mm of rain and snow over 10.9 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 35% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13926
23826
33826
43826
53826
63826
73826
83826
93725
103625
113624
123524
133423
143423
153323
163323
173223
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203224
213225
223226
233226
243327
253428
263428
273529
283629
293630
303630
313730

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
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11100
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22100
23100
24100
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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
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1514light breeze
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2114light breeze
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3014light breeze
3114light breeze

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 8:56 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 3:52 PM to 4:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.98:563:52
27.08:563:54
37.08:553:55
47.08:553:56
57.08:553:57
67.18:543:58
77.18:544:00
87.18:534:01
97.28:534:02
107.28:524:04
117.28:514:05
127.38:514:07
137.38:504:09
147.48:494:10
157.48:484:12
167.48:474:13
177.58:464:15
187.58:454:17
197.68:444:19
207.68:434:21
217.78:414:22
227.78:404:24
237.88:394:26
247.88:384:28
257.98:364:30
268.08:354:32
278.08:334:34
288.18:324:36
298.18:304:38
308.28:284:40
318.38:274:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 0.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.34 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 0.52 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.4Dim
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310.8Dim
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ukmerge?

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 Ukmerge.

What to pack for Ukmerge in January

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

In January, Ukmerge sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -5°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 Ukmerge 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 Ukmerge peaks around June 22 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 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 22UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ukmerge?

Ukmerge sits at 55.3°N, 24.8°E, 72 m above sea level, in Lithuania. The nearest listed city is Jonava, 36 km away.

JonavaKėdainiaiPanevėžysUtenaDainava (Kaunas)EiguliaiPašilaičiaiFabijoniškės

Topography around Ukmerge

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ukmerge has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 73 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 254 m.

The land around Ukmerge is covered by cropland (34%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
254 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Jonava 36 km · Kėdainiai 49 km · Panevėžys 59 km · Utena 61 km · Dainava (Kaunas) 62 km · Eiguliai 63 km · Pašilaičiai 65 km · Fabijoniškės 65 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 Ukmerge (55.25°, 24.75°, elevation 72 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).