Kaunas
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📷 Diliff· CC BY-SA 3.0Laikinoji sostinė, amžinoji širdis | Temporary capital, eternal heart
About
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania, the fourth-largest city in the Baltic States, and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915.
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The next week in Kaunas
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
21° / 9°
UV Moderate
Sat
Drizzle
17° / 12°
1.8 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Rain
18° / 12°
7.8 mm
Mon
Drizzle
22° / 10°
1.6 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Drizzle
21° / 11°
1.2 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Clear
22° / 11°
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
28° / -5°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
16.1h
05:18 – 21:22local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Kaunas
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Kaunas International Airport (KUN) at 12 km.
Getting around Kaunas
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Szczepan1990.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.