Lithuania weather sits on the fine line between maritime and continental and is characterized by the easiness it changes patterns. As a thumb rule, Lithuania weather is considered to be of the mild type, enjoying wet summers, cold winters and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year.

Located in Central Europe, by the Baltic Sea, Lithuania experiences rather severe winter weather conditions. During January – the coldest month of the year – daytime temperatures usually linger around -5°C; in some cases though, weather in Lithuania tends to follow more extreme patterns, especially when temperatures fall to -20°C or lower and strong, cold northeasterly winds dominate. Thanks to the country’s proximity to the Baltic Sea, weather is often breezy and humid, while heavy snowfall – often in the form of snowstorms – is quite frequent throughout the season.

However, the biggest obstacle for those uninitiated to the peculiarities of Lithuania weather, is neither the bracing cold of winter, nor the heavy snowfall, but the lack of sunlight. Between early November and late March, Lithuania seems to be engulfed in a permanent blanket of darkness: even the average of six or seven hours of daylight seems to be rather inadequate, especially when the frequently overcast and misty conditions are taken into consideration.  

Understandably, by summertime temperatures in Lithuania weather rise considerably, reaching highs of between 20-25°C during the day, occasionally soaring to just above 30°C. However, the skies remain cloudy for most of the time, and rainfall is frequent, especially during the afternoon when it falls in the form of heavy thunderstorms. Although rains are common during the spring season, summer is by far the wettest period of the year, precipitation tending to be higher in the coastal regions. The average annual precipitation is 800 millimeters on the coast, 900 mm in Samogitia highlands and 600 mm in the eastern part of the country.

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