Utena weather in January

In January, Utena sees average daytime highs of -2°C and overnight lows near -6°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -2°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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Utena's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Utena's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-2°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-6°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
45 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
8:45 AM – 4:09 PM
Cloud cover
85%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Utena is city and administrative center of Utena district and Utena County in north-east Lithuania.

Density
63/km²
people per km²
Founded
1261

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 -2°C through the month.

A typical January day in Utena reaches about -2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -6°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 on par with 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
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8-1-5
9-1-5
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17-2-5
18-2-6
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How January really feels in Utena

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.

Utena 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-2° / -6°45118.97.40.0
Feb-1° / -6°4110.58.69.20.0
Mar / -3°4110.15.611.40.2
Apr11° / 449.61.813.82.9
May17° / 6211.50.115.95.3
Jun20° / 11°7312.9017.15.8
Jul23° / 13°7912.6016.66.3
Aug22° / 13°8112.1014.86.2
Sep16° / 5410.1012.55.0
Oct10° / 5911.3110.12.0
Nov / 4610.8480.1
Dec-0° / -4°4711.58.76.90.0

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 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21189
31189
41189
51189
61189
71189
81288
91288
101288
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131288
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301486
311486

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Utena gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 11 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 36% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13929
23929
33929
43929
53929
63929
73829
83829
93728
103728
113627
123527
133527
143426
153426
163326
173327
183227
193227
203227
213228
223228
233329
243330
253431
263531
273532
283633
293734
303734
313734

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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17100
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19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

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 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
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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 12 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 8:54 AM to 8:24 AM, and sunset from 3:47 PM to 4:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.98:543:47
26.98:543:48
36.98:543:50
47.08:533:51
57.08:533:52
67.08:533:53
77.08:523:55
87.18:523:56
97.18:513:57
107.18:503:59
117.28:504:00
127.28:494:02
137.38:484:04
147.38:474:05
157.38:464:07
167.48:454:09
177.48:444:10
187.58:434:12
197.58:424:14
207.68:414:16
217.68:394:18
227.78:384:19
237.78:374:21
247.88:354:23
257.98:344:25
267.98:324:27
278.08:314:29
288.08:294:31
298.18:284:33
308.28:264:35
318.28:244:37

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 5.47 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
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Utena?

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 Utena.

What to pack for Utena in January

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

In January, Utena sees daytime highs around -2°C and nights near -6°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 Utena 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 Utena peaks around June 22 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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 22UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Utena?

Utena sits at 55.5°N, 25.6°E, 113 m above sea level, in Lithuania. The nearest listed city is Visaginas, 54 km away.

VisaginasUkmergeDaugavpilsPanevėžysFabijoniškėsPašilaičiaiPastavyAntakalnis

Topography around Utena

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Utena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 122 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 246 m.

The land around Utena is covered by grassland (39%), trees (35%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (49%), cropland (27%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
172 m
80 km
246 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Visaginas 54 km · Ukmerge 61 km · Daugavpils 72 km · Panevėžys 82 km · Fabijoniškės 88 km · Pašilaičiai 88 km · Pastavy 89 km · Antakalnis 90 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 Utena (55.4978°, 25.6046°, elevation 113 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).