Fewer crowds
January is quietest.
January, at 45% of the busiest month (August).
A good place. At the right time.
Best time to visitVilnius region.
Plan your visit
Find your month.
What matters most?
Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%
Start with June.
#1 of 12 · Balanced · 7.6/10
Overnight stays are 84.8% of the busiest month.
Based on Sostinės regionas regional averages.
- Afternoon high
- 73°F
- Daylight
- about 17 hours
- Crowds
- Busy
About 9 rain days in a typical June, with about 17 hours of daylight.
Check what is open. The off-season flag comes from visitor patterns. Confirm accommodation, services and transport for your dates.
Price context. National hotel prices and local visitor demand suggest a little above usual. No measured regional room rate is available.
Historical averages, not forecasts or live prices.
A regional guide. Figures cover Sostinės regionas, including Vilnius and Trakai. Conditions vary within the region.
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June at a glance
Balanced match #1 · 7.6/10
Overnight stays are 84.8% of the busiest month.
About 9 rain days in a typical June, with about 17 hours of daylight.
Check what is open. The off-season flag comes from visitor patterns. Confirm accommodation, services and transport for your dates.
Read the June guide- Afternoon high
- 73°F
- Night low
- 53°F
- Sea temperature
- —
- Rain days
- 9
- Daylight
- 17h 17m
- Crowds
- Busy
All 12 months, on the same measures. Tap a heading to sort or a month to open its guide.Select a month to open its guide. Scroll the table for more detail.
| Rank | Month | Overall | Weather | Crowds | Cost | High | Low | Rain days | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | June | 7.6 | 9.0/10 Excellent | Busy | Moderate | 73°F | 53°F | 9 | 17h 17m |
| #2 | May | 7.4 | 8.1/10 Very good | Busy | Moderate | 65°F | 45°F | 10 | 16h 03m |
| #3 | September | 7.2 | 8.1/10 Very good | Busy | Moderate | 65°F | 48°F | 7 | 12h 50m |
| #4 | August | 7.1 | 9.1/10 Excellent | Peak | Moderate | 74°F | 55°F | 11 | 15h 02m |
| #5 | April | 7.1 | 6.4/10 Good | Busy | Moderate | 55°F | 36°F | 8 | 14h 02m |
| #6 | July | 7.0 | 8.6/10 Very good | Peak | Moderate | 75°F | 56°F | 12 | 16h 50m |
| #7 | October | 6.3 | 5.4/10 Good | Busy | Moderate | 52°F | 39°F | 10 | 10h 37m |
| #8 | March | 6.0 | 5.0/10 Good | Busy | Cheap | 43°F | 27°F | 8 | 11h 44m |
| #9 | November | 4.9 | 3.9/10 Fair | Busy | Moderate | 42°F | 32°F | 12 | 8h 30m |
| #10 | February | 4.7 | 3.7/10 Fair | Moderate | Cheap | 33°F | 22°F | 9 | 9h 40m |
| #11 | December | 4.3 | 3.3/10 Fair | Busy | Moderate | 35°F | 26°F | 13 | 7h 16m |
| #12 | January | 4.1 | 3.1/10 Fair | Moderate | Cheap | 30°F | 21°F | 14 | 7h 46m |
Overall follows your priorities. Crowds compare each month with this place's own year. Highs, lows and rain days are historical averages for 2011–2025.
A little perspective
The shape of the year.
Afternoon highNight low
Top balanced match · June
June
- High
- 73°F
- Low
- 53°F
- Rain
- 9 days
- Crowds
- Busy
Some weather measures are unavailable. Gaps in the chart mean no data.
Off season can mean fewer services. Confirm what is open for your dates.
Sostinės regionas regional averages · Historical patterns, not a forecast. Gaps mean no data. Crowds compare months within this region.
The busiest month records 2.2 times the overnight stays of the quietest.
Very-good-or-better weather scores: May to September. No month has a poor weather score.
Peak-season months: July to August. No month falls in low season.
The two busiest months account for 23% of annual overnight stays.
Figures cover the whole Sostinės regionas region, suburbs included. On the 2024 EU comparison, Lithuania's restaurants and hotels are below EU average.
Before you go
Pack a little context.
Good weather
February, outside the busy season.
Very good or better May to September. August has the highest displayed weather score (9.1/10). Highest weather score outside the busy season: February.
Lower prices
January to March.
These are three lower-price months on Lithuania's historical 2024–2025 national hotel index. It cannot identify this region's cheapest bookable rooms.
School holidays
Summer break meets the busy season.
If your dates follow US school breaks: June falls in busy season; July and August fall in peak season. Spring break (March–April) falls in busy season.
Local families travel too: at least 30% of people in Lithuania live where schools are out on a typical day March. Lithuania's school calendar for April to September isn't fully published yet. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)
About these answers
These are historical seasonal patterns. Crowds compare a month with this place's own busiest month; they do not measure queues at individual sights. Weather answers use the displayed weather scores. These seasonal facts stay the same when you change your priorities; your Overall recommendation updates above. Prices retain the scope stated beside them. Full methodology.
Choose your season
The year, season by season.
Winter
Dec–Feb
A busier start, a quieter finish.
December falls in busy season; January and February fall in moderate season.
30–35°FAfternoon highs
Spring
Mar–May
Busy throughout.
43–65°FAfternoon highs
Summer
Jun–Aug
A busy season for visitors.
June falls in busy season; July and August fall in peak season.
73–75°FAfternoon highs
Autumn
Sep–Nov
Busy throughout.
42–65°FAfternoon highs
Ranges span monthly average afternoon highs, not daily extremes. Conditions and seasonal openings vary within Vilnius region.
How we know
The default Balanced Overall weighs weather 50%, crowds 30% and cost 20%. Your priority choice updates the Overall, month ranks and recommendation. While your weather weight is at least 40%, Overall cannot exceed weather by more than 1. Close scores can describe different trip experiences. How the scores work.
| Statistical region | LT01 · Sostinės regionas |
| Region type | City (Eurostat NUTS3 typologies weighted by population: urban 100%, coastal 0%, mountain 0%; median ground height 149 m) |
| Population used | 877,000 (1 January 2025) |
| Crowd reference years | 2024–2025 average |
| How our weather was checked | Official climate averages for Vilnius from the national weather service, every month: afternoon highs typically within 1°F (0.6°C), night lows within 1°F (0.3°C). |
| Climate index | HCI:Urban, observed climatology over 15 years (2011–2025) |
| Hotel occupancy (annual) | 70% |
| Accommodation mix | 71% hotels, 1% camping |
| Country price level (restaurants & hotels, EU27 = 100) | 86 |
| Daylight latitude | 54.82° N |
Crowds: Eurostat nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by month and NUTS 2 region, per 1,000 inhabitants, divided by days in the month. "Season here" is the month's figure as a share of this region's busiest month. "Visitors" ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions that month. Weather: Holiday Climate Index (Scott et al. 2016; Rutty et al. 2020) computed from ERA5 reanalysis with daily highs, night lows and rain days corrected from open national weather-service station records and population-weighted to the region. Prices are national. Hand-written notes are marked and nothing depends on them. Full method · this region's data.