July is Lithuania's busiest month, with 12.9% of 2025's tourist nights, and January the quietest, with 6.5%. July and August together carried 24.5% of the year, making Lithuania the 31st most seasonal of 35 European countries we measured. September was quieter than June, at 8.4% against 9.2%.
Lithuania, month by month
- Two busiest months
- Other months
When is Lithuania busiest, and when is it quietest?
July was the busiest month in 2025, with 12.9% of the year's tourist nights. January was the quietest, with 6.5%. That makes July 2.0 times as busy as January.1
Eight months each carried less than an average month's share of 8.3%: January, February, March, April, May, October, November and December.
Who stays in Lithuania: residents or guests from abroad?
In 2025, guests living abroad spent 41.7% of Lithuania's tourist nights. Residents of Lithuania spent the rest.1
- Highest share from abroad
- Other months
The share from abroad was highest in September, at 50.1% of that month's nights, and lowest in January, at 27.6%.1
Residents spent more than half of the month's nights in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, November and December. Guests from abroad spent more than half in September. In October the split was even, at 50.0% each.
Eurostat counts guests by the country they live in, not by nationality.2
How seasonal is Lithuania compared with the rest of Europe?
July and August together carried 24.5% of Lithuania's nights. Ranked by that share, Lithuania is the 31st most seasonal of the 35 European countries we measured, where 1 is the country most concentrated into its two busiest months.1
For comparison, the most seasonal country on this measure was Croatia at 54.5%, and the least seasonal was Malta at 21.8%. See all 35 countries ranked.
How full are Lithuania's hotels each month?
Hotel rooms were fullest in July, when 78.9% were in use, and emptiest in January, at 51.4%.3
- Fullest month
- Other months
This is Eurostat's net occupancy rate of bedrooms: bedrooms in use divided by bedrooms available. It covers hotels and similar places only, not campsites or holiday lets, so it can peak in a different month from the nights figures above.2
How long do guests stay in Lithuania?
Guests stayed an average of 2.3 nights each time they checked in at tourist accommodation in Lithuania in 2025: 9,204,632 nights across 4,029,838 arrivals.4 Across the 33 countries on this site with complete figures, the average ran from 1.5 nights in Iceland to 4.7 in Cyprus.4
This is our division of Eurostat's two counts. Eurostat counts an arrival each time a guest checks in at a place to stay, so a traveller who moves between places is counted more than once, and a whole trip is longer than the figure suggests.2
Did accommodation in Lithuania get more expensive in 2025?
On Eurostat's harmonised index of consumer prices, prices of accommodation services in Lithuania were 8.2% higher on average in 2025 than in 2024. Across the EU the rise was 4.1%.5
This measures how prices changed, not what a stay costs, so check the current price when you book. Accommodation services cover hotels, motels and inns; holiday centres, campsites and youth hostels; and other places to stay.
What are Lithuania's public holidays in 2026 and 2027?
In Lithuania, public holidays fall on 16 days in both 2026 and 2027.6 In 2026, 6 of those days are a Saturday or Sunday.6
| Holiday | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day Naujųjų metų diena | Thu 1 January | Fri 1 January |
| Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania Lietuvos valstybės atkūrimo diena | Mon 16 February | Tue 16 February |
| Day of Restoration of Independence of Lithuania Lietuvos nepriklausomybės atkūrimo diena | Wed 11 March | Thu 11 March |
| Easter Sunday Velykos (sekmadienis) | Sun 5 April | Sun 28 March |
| Easter Monday Velykos (pirmadienis) | Mon 6 April | Mon 29 March |
| International Labour Day Tarptautinė darbo diena | Fri 1 May | Sat 1 May |
| Mother's Day Motinos diena | Sun 3 May | Sun 2 May |
| Father's Day Tėvo diena | Sun 7 June | Sun 6 June |
| Rasos and Joninės Day Rasos ir Joninių diena | Wed 24 June | Thu 24 June |
| Statehood Day (Coronation of King Mindaugas) and National Anthem Day Valstybės (Lietuvos karaliaus Mindaugo karūnavimo) ir Tautiškos giesmės diena | Mon 6 July | Tue 6 July |
| Assumption (Žolinė) Žolinė | Sat 15 August | Sun 15 August |
| All Saints' Day Visų Šventųjų diena | Sun 1 November | Mon 1 November |
| All Souls' Day Mirusiųjų atminimo (Vėlinių) diena | Mon 2 November | Tue 2 November |
| Christmas Eve Kūčių diena | Thu 24 December | Fri 24 December |
| Christmas Day Kalėdos | Fri 25 December | Sat 25 December |
| Second day of Christmas Kalėdos | Sat 26 December | Sun 26 December |
We took these from the law or the government's own list, not from a holiday website, and worked out the dates that move each year, such as Easter, from the rules in the law. The dates match the European Commission's list of public holidays for 2026.7 Regional and local holidays are not included.
June or September? May or October?
September was quieter than June, at 8.4% against 9.2%.
October was quieter than May, at 7.0% against 7.9%.
These compare months at similar distances from the summer peak. They do not account for weather, which we have not measured.
What these figures cannot tell you
These figures are good at one thing: showing when a country's registered tourist accommodation fills up. Four things they cannot do.
They miss some small places. The counts cover hotels, holiday and short-stay accommodation and campsites, but countries may exclude establishments with fewer than ten bed places, so small guesthouses can be missing.2
Nights are not queues. A national monthly total cannot see how busy one old town, beach or museum is on a given day.
They say nothing about weather or prices. A quiet month may be quiet for reasons that matter to your trip. We have not published weather data for this country. The price section shows how accommodation prices changed, not what a stay costs.
They are one year. These are 2025 figures. Patterns shift from year to year, and Eurostat revises its data as countries update their returns.
The full year
| Month | Share of year | Nights | From abroad |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.5% | 601,162 | 27.6% |
| February | 7.4% | 684,134 | 28.9% |
| March | 8.3% | 762,656 | 32.4% |
| April | 6.7% | 616,298 | 41.9% |
| May | 7.9% | 727,097 | 47.4% |
| June | 9.2% | 842,228 | 42.6% |
| July (one of the two busiest months) | 12.9% | 1,187,481 | 44.1% |
| August (one of the two busiest months) | 11.6% | 1,064,118 | 45.1% |
| September | 8.4% | 772,257 | 50.1% |
| October | 7.0% | 645,677 | 50.0% |
| November | 7.1% | 649,830 | 41.8% |
| December | 7.1% | 651,694 | 43.5% |
Total for 2025: 9,204,632 nights, 41.7% of them by guests living abroad. The two busiest months are marked. "From abroad" is the share of that month's nights spent by guests living outside Lithuania.
Key takeaways
- January was Lithuania's quietest month in 2025, with 6.5% of the year's tourist nights.
- July and August were the busiest, carrying 24.5% of the year between them.
- Lithuania ranks 31 of 35 European countries for seasonal concentration, where 1 is the most concentrated.
- Guests living abroad spent 41.7% of Lithuania's 2025 tourist nights; residents spent the rest.
- Hotel rooms were fullest in July (78.9% in use) and emptiest in January (51.4%).
- Public holidays in Lithuania fall on 16 days in both 2026 and 2027.
- September was quieter than June, at 8.4% against 9.2%.
- What we would skip: assuming every shoulder month is equally quiet. In Lithuania, June carried 9.2% of the year's nights against September's 8.4%.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, which receives it from each country's national statistical authority. We downloaded the monthly counts directly and calculated the shares, rankings and comparisons ourselves. See how we research.
- Source: Eurostat, Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments – monthly data, doi:10.2908/TOUR_OCC_NIM, accessed 25 September 2026. Dataset last updated by Eurostat on 22 September 2026. Extract: number of nights, NACE codes I55.1–I55.3, all guests and split by guests resident in the country and abroad, January–December 2025.
- Eurostat, Tourist accommodation reference metadata, on collection by national authorities under Regulation (EU) 692/2011, the definition of a night spent, country of residence, and the ten-bed-place threshold. Read it. Checked 17 September 2026.
- Source: Eurostat, Net occupancy rate of bed-places and bedrooms in hotels and similar accommodation – monthly data, doi:10.2908/TOUR_OCC_MNOR, accessed 22 September 2026. Extract: bedrooms, percentage, January–December 2025.
- Source: Eurostat, Arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments – monthly data, doi:10.2908/TOUR_OCC_ARM, with the nights data (tour_occ_nim), accessed 25 September 2026. Extract: number of arrivals and nights, NACE codes I55.1–I55.3, all guests, January–December 2025. Average stay is our calculation: nights divided by arrivals.
- Source: Eurostat, HICP – annual data (average index and rate of change), doi:10.2908/PRC_HICP_AIND, accessed 22 September 2026. Extract: accommodation services (COICOP CP112), annual average rate of change, 2025.
- Public holidays: Labour Code, art. 123 “Švenčių dienos”, consolidated version in force from 7 June 2026 (e-seimas.lrs.lt). Read it. Accessed 23 September 2026.
- European Commission, Public holidays 2026, Official Journal of the European Union C/2025/6771, ELI. Used only as a cross-check. Accessed 23 September 2026.
Modified data. The monthly shares, residence shares, rankings and comparisons are our own calculations from Eurostat's counts. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place, so they may not add exactly. Eurostat bears no responsibility for these calculations or for how the figures are presented here.