Panevėžys

City in Lithuania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.

Pnv2 by Augustas Didzgalvis

Pnv2 by Augustas Didzgalvis: Augustas Didžgalvis, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

Overview

Panevėžys is a city in Lithuania. About 85,885 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Lithuania in our atlas.

It lies at 55.73° N, 24.36° E, about 55 m (180 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Vilnius time zone. At this high latitude, summer days are very long and winter days very short.

Location

Red dot: Panevėžys. Green dots: other major cities of Lithuania. Map data: Natural Earth.

Climate

Panevėžys 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 765 mm (30 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.

-3°-8°Jan56-2°-8°Feb454°-4°Mar4612°1°Apr4618°7°May6521°11°Jun8023°13°Jul9522°12°Aug8617°8°Sep5710°3°Oct704°0°Nov62-1°-5°Dec57mm

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.

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Sources

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Photo credits
  • Pnv2 by Augustas Didzgalvis: Augustas Didžgalvis, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)