Knowing how to talk about the weather is an essential skill for everyday conversations in Lithuania.

The Lithuanian climate brings four distinct seasons with drastically different weather conditions throughout the year.

This guide covers the basic vocabulary you need to describe the seasons, temperature, and daily forecast in Lithuanian.

The four seasons in Lithuanian

Lithuania experiences a full range of seasonal changes.

The word for “season” in Lithuanian is metų laikas, which literally translates to “time of the year”.

If you want to talk about seasons in the plural, you simply say metų laikai.

When you want to say that an event happens in a specific season, you must modify the ending of the word.

Here are a few examples of how to use these time expressions in a sentence.

Basic weather nouns

The general word for “weather” in Lithuanian is orai.

This word is almost always used in the plural form when talking about the outdoor conditions.

Here are the most common nouns you’ll hear in a Lithuanian weather forecast.

You can use these basic nouns to point out exactly what you see outside.

Describing the temperature

The word for temperature in Lithuanian is exactly what you might expect: temperatūra.

When describing how the air feels, Lithuanian uses neutral adverbs rather than adjectives.

These specific adverbs typically end in the letter -a or -u.

You don’t need a complicated verb to state the current temperature.

You can simply use the adverb on its own, or pair it with the word šiandien (today).

Common weather phrases and verbs

English speakers often use the dummy subject “it” to describe the weather.

We say “it’s raining” or “it’s snowing” to describe the current conditions.

Lithuanian is much more direct and simply uses the action verb entirely on its own.

If you want to say that the sun is shining, you combine the verb šviečia (shines) with saulė (sun).

Sometimes you’ll just want to describe the general state of the weather using an adjective.

In these cases, you describe the plural noun orai.