Šiauliai
City in Lithuania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
SVK pastatai 2022: UrteDra, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Šiauliai is a city in Lithuania, in Siauliai. About 99,462 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Lithuania in our atlas.
It lies at 55.93° N, 23.32° E, about 129 m (423 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: Šiauliai. Green dots: other major cities of Lithuania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Šiauliai has a continental (warm summer) climate (Köppen Dfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 23°C (73°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -8°C (18°F). Around 689 mm (27 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
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 594739 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q134712 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- SVK pastatai 2022: UrteDra, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)