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Pelesa

Kayak spot · Lithuania

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

78Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Wind 4 kn gusting 11, Air 8 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 80 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 77 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 74 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 78 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 78 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 78 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
6°C
Rain
0 mm

Mon 9 · 76 out of 100

Wind
3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
5°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 280, good
  2. Tue 380, good
  3. Wed 477, good
  4. Thu 574, good
  5. Fri 678, good
  6. Sat 778, good
  7. Sun 878, good
  8. Mon 976, good
  9. Tue 1075, good
  10. Wed 1173, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Pelesa
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Mon 2Nov80, good3 kn9kn7°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov80, good4 kn11kn8°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov77, good6 kn14kn7°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov74, good8 kn16kn9°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov78, good6 kn18kn8°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov78, good7 kn15kn7°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov78, good3 kn10kn6°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov76, good3 kn9kn5°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov75, good4 kn10kn4°C0 mm
Wed 11Nov73, good7 kn16kn5°C0 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kayaking days in a typical week, each month, for grade III paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov6of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec5of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical weather, not a forecast, and not the river's level: a month that is often good to be outside may still be low water.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Pelesa

A launch on the Pelesa. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. None within 10 km, the nearest 33 km away. The town to stay in is Dubiciai.

  • River Pelesa
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks.
  • Schools, hire None within 10 km, the nearest 33 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,190–US$2,270 each

about US$1,190–US$2,270 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to KUN, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$510–US$1,060
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$101–US$174
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$235–US$389
Food7 days eating outabout US$228–US$429
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$121–US$221
Totalabout US$1,190–US$2,270

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Dubiciai

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Closest

Dubiciai

about 5 min by car

about US$87/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Dubiciai · Booking.com

About Dubiciai its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest town: Dubiciai, 0 km. We have not checked places to stay in Dubiciai yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Aukštadvaris, 64 km away. Search before you plan on staying there.

About US$87 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 19h 55m

About 19h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → KUN, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 2h 15m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

No paddling school, club or hire mapped within 25 km.

Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

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