Kaunas
City in Lithuania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Vytautas the Great Bridge from hill, Kaunas, Lithuania - Diliff: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kaunas is a city in Lithuania. About 289,380 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Lithuania in our atlas.
It lies at 54.90° N, 23.91° E, about 96 m (315 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Vilnius time zone.
Location
Red dot: Kaunas. Green dots: other major cities of Lithuania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kaunas has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 23°C (74°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -8°C (17°F). Around 767 mm (30 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jul.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in LithuaniaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 598316 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q4115712 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Vytautas the Great Bridge from hill, Kaunas, Lithuania - Diliff: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)