Climate and average weather in Visaginas

In Visaginas, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are very cold, snowy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late May to early September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Visaginas typically varies from -6°C to 23°C, and is rarely below -19°C or above 28°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Visaginas for warm-weather activities is from late May to early September.

Hottest
Jul
23°
Coldest
Jan
-6°
Wettest
Aug
79 mm
Driest
Feb
37 mm
Rain / yr
655 mm
130 wet days
Daylight
6.8–17.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
158 m
55.6°N
Clearest
May
62% cloud

Visaginas weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to early September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Visaginas, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 15 to September 11, with daily high temperatures above 17°C. The hottest month of the year in Visaginas is July, with an average high of 23°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.7 months, from November 19 to March 11, with daily high temperatures below 3°C. The coldest month of the year in Visaginas is January, with an average low of -6°C and high of -2°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 10°C) in May.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan-2-6
Feb-1-6
Mar4-3
Apr112
May178
Jun2011
Jul2314
Aug2213
Sep168
Oct94
Nov30
Dec-1-4

How hot and cold Visaginas really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -13°C (around January 28), with roughly 185 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 73 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-10°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan-2-2-12-6
Feb-1-1-12-6
Mar34-8-3
Apr1111-12
May171758
Jun20201111
Jul22231414
Aug22221313
Sep161678
Oct9904
Nov33-50
Dec-1-1-10-4

Average hourly temperature in Visaginas

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 23°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -6°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Visaginas weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-2° / -6°4010.48.97.40.0
Feb-1° / -6°379.58.49.20.0
Mar / -3°3910.15.911.40.1
Apr11° / 459.41.713.82.8
May17° / 6511.30.115.95.3
Jun20° / 11°7312.3017.15.9
Jul23° / 14°7812.6016.66.3
Aug22° / 13°7911.7014.86.2
Sep16° / 5710.4012.54.8
Oct / 57111.110.11.8
Nov / -0°4310.33.980.0
Dec-1° / -4°4211.18.66.90.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Visaginas gets about 655 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.1 months, from around May 10 to Sep 10, peaking in June at about 45% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 26.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 79 mm over about 12 wet days; February is the driest, with 37 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 18 · 45%Apr 26 · 28%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3410
Feb3410
Mar3310
Apr319
May3611
Jun4212
Jul4013
Aug3812
Sep3510
Oct3511
Nov3410
Dec3511

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Visaginas collects about 655 mm of rain across 130 wet days — roughly 55 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 79 mm, while February is the driest at just 37 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 35% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec403739456573787957574342
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan40109
Feb37108
Mar39106
Apr4592
May65110
Jun73120
Jul78130
Aug79120
Sep57100
Oct57111
Nov43104
Dec42119

Snow in Visaginas

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Visaginas averages about 39 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 9 to Apr 28 — about 6.6 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 9 days of snow and an estimated 33 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 135 cm of snow.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 1
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan926
Feb833
Mar620
Apr27
May01
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct16
Nov414
Dec929

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Visaginas, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 18 and lasts for 6.5 months, ending around October 2. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 44% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 3 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around March 17. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 90% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 31 · 47%Dec 27 · 9%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1189
Feb1585
Mar2674
Apr3862
May4456
Jun4060
Jul4258
Aug4159
Sep3169
Oct2377
Nov1288
Dec1090

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 14, brings about 17 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 6 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 10 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan7.48:424:05
Feb9.27:525:05
Mar11.46:416:07
Apr13.85:197:10
May15.94:128:09
Jun17.13:398:50
Jul16.63:598:41
Aug14.84:547:43
Sep12.55:556:22
Oct10.16:565:03
Nov8.08:013:58
Dec6.98:463:34

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Visaginas averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 9 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.5 months, from around Mar 16 to Sep 30. The sunniest month is April, with roughly 8 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 2 sunny days — about 80% fewer than the April peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedApr 279 daysNov 191 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr8Gloomy
May8Gloomy
Jun6Gloomy
Jul7Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep5Gloomy
Oct4Gloomy
Nov2Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Visaginas, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.0 months, from around May 31 to August 30. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 19% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around August 31 to May 30, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 29 · 100%Jul 29 · 76%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May92610
Jun731881
Jul4734154
Aug5531122
Sep891010
Oct100000
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Visaginas is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Sep 24 to Apr 2. The windiest month is January, averaging about 15 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 3 to Sep 23, with July the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 1 · 15 km/hJul 29 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan15light breeze
Feb14light breeze
Mar14light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May12light breeze
Jun12calm
Jul11calm
Aug11calm
Sep13light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec15light breeze

Best time to visit Visaginas

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Visaginas throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late May, Visaginas is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Visaginas for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to early September, with a peak score in the last week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 31 · 6.7

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar0.2poor
Apr2.8poor
May5.3fair
Jun5.9good
Jul6.3good
Aug6.2good
Sep4.8fair
Oct1.9poor
Nov0.1poor
Dec0.0poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Visaginas for hot-weather activities is from early July to mid August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 30 · 5.2

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Visaginas, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 23°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near -2°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Visaginas sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Visaginas by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Visaginas peaks around June 23 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 23UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Average hourly UV index in Visaginas

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr2.50
May60
Jun7.50
Jul7.50
Aug6.50
Sep30
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Visaginas typically lasts about 225 days, from around April 3 to November 13 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 30 to October 8.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonApr 350%Apr 3090%Oct 890%Nov 1350%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1731
Feb1828
Mar2831
Apr7229
May970
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep990
Oct8123
Nov4830
Dec2431

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Visaginas banks about 785 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02004006008001,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May72
Jun176
Jul249
Aug219
Sep69
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Visaginas receives about 2.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.3 and 5.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 13. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.4 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.3 kWh/m² — roughly 94% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 45.6 kWhDec 180.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.5Dim
Feb1.2Dim
Mar2.5Moderate
Apr4.0Bright
May5.2Bright
Jun5.4Bright
Jul5.2Bright
Aug4.2Bright
Sep2.6Moderate
Oct1.3Dim
Nov0.6Dim
Dec0.3Dim

Where is Visaginas?

Visaginas sits at 55.6°N, 26.4°E, 158 m above sea level, in Lithuania. The nearest listed city is Daugavpils, 32 km away.

DaugavpilsUtenaPastavyJēkabpilsUkmergeAstraviec

Topography around Visaginas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Visaginas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 161 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m.

The land around Visaginas is covered by trees (77%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (52%), grassland (21%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
88 m
80 km
215 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Daugavpils 32 km · Utena 54 km · Pastavy 59 km · Hlybokaye 94 km · Jēkabpils 107 km · Ukmerge 113 km · Astraviec 114 km · Rēzekne 116 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 Visaginas (55.5968°, 26.4398°, elevation 158 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).