Bathing water quality in Klaipėda County, Lithuania

Klaipėda County has 19 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season (16 coastal and 3 lake). 89.5% were classified Excellent — 2.8 points above the 86.7% across Lithuania — and 0 were Poor. 14 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

Dunes and Baltic beach at Palanga — Photo: Oleg Krivolapov, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

official bathing waters

89.5%

Excellent in 2025

Poor in 2025

Not live: these are annual official classifications. Check the competent authority for today’s notices before swimming.

Before you swim in Klaipėda County

Institute of Hygiene (Higienos institutas) with the municipalities

Bathing season in Lithuania: 1 June – 15 September unless the municipality sets another period. Results must be posted within one working day of receipt; most bathing waters are lakes.

Annual EEA classes do not show temporary bans, short-term pollution or algae alerts. National information last checked 2026-11-01.

Bathing-water quality (Institute of Hygiene) →

Map of official bathing waters in Klaipėda County

Excellent 17Good 1Sufficient 1Poor 0

How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating; select a dot to open that site. The white area is this region; neighbouring regions are shaded. Sea and large lakes are blue, neighbouring countries grey. Positions: official EEA coordinates. Boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024, generalised (© EuroGeographics); lakes: Natural Earth. Outlines are simplified, so a few shoreline dots can sit just offshore.

Sea, lakes and rivers in Klaipėda County

2025 EEA classes by water type
Water type	Sites	Excellent	Good	Sufficient	Poor	Not classified
Coastal	16	16 (100%)	0	0	0	0
Lake	3	1 (33.3%)	1	1	0	0

Coastal waters are assessed against stricter bacterial limits than lakes and rivers but are diluted far more; see how the classes are calculated.

Most consistent Excellent sites

14 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025.

GIRULIU PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
JUODKRANTES PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
MELNRAGES I PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
MELNRAGES II PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
NEIGALIUJU PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
NIDOS PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
PALANGOS BENDROJO PAPLUDIMIO TIES BOTANIKOS PARKU 11 seasons
PERVALKOS PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
PREILOS PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
SKUODO 11 seasons
SMILTYNES I PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
SMILTYNES II PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
SVENTOSIOS MOTERU PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
SVENTOSIOS PAPLUDIMIO 11 seasons
BENDROJO PLIAZO 7 seasons
PALANGOS MOTERU PAPLUDIMIO 2 seasons
RAZES 2 seasons

Rated Poor in 2025

None of the 19 official bathing waters in Klaipėda County was classified Poor in 2025.

Changes from 2024 to 2025

Improved (0)

None.

Declined (1)

ZEMAICIU NAUMIESCIO Good → Sufficient

How Klaipėda County rated since 2015

Counts for the sites in today’s 2025 inventory; the Excellent share is calculated over classified sites only.

Season	Classified	Excellent	Excellent share	Poor
2025	19	17	89.5%	0
2024	19	17	89.5%	0
2023	19	17	89.5%	0
2022	19	17	89.5%	0
2021	19	17	89.5%	0
2020	19	17	89.5%	0
2019	19	17	89.5%	0
2018	19	15	78.9%	0
2017	19	15	78.9%	0
2016	19	16	84.2%	0
2015	19	16	84.2%	1

Places with the most bathing waters in Klaipėda County

Each site is matched to its nearest named place (GeoNames, within 8 km in a straight line), so beaches of one resort or lake shore can be compared together. Select a place to show only its sites in the full list.

Top 3 places by number of official bathing waters
Place	Sites	Excellent
Klaipėda	6	6 (100%)
Palanga	3	3 (100%)
Šventoji	2	2 (100%)

All 19 official bathing waters in Klaipėda County

Grouped by water type, alphabetical within each group. Open a site for its 2015–2025 history, nearby alternatives, weather forecast and the national profile link.

Download all 19 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)

Coastal 16 sites · 100% Excellent

BENDROJO PLIAZO · Palanga Excellent Excellent 7 seasons in a row
GIRULIU PAPLUDIMIO · Klaipėda Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
JUODKRANTES PAPLUDIMIO Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
MELNRAGES I PAPLUDIMIO · Klaipėda Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
MELNRAGES II PAPLUDIMIO · Klaipėda Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
NEIGALIUJU PAPLUDIMIO · Klaipėda Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
NIDOS PAPLUDIMIO · Nida Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PALANGOS BENDROJO PAPLUDIMIO TIES BOTANIKOS PARKU Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PALANGOS MOTERU PAPLUDIMIO · Palanga Excellent Excellent 2 seasons in a row
PERVALKOS PAPLUDIMIO · Pervalka Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PREILOS PAPLUDIMIO · Neringa Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
RAZES · Palanga Excellent Excellent 2 seasons in a row
SMILTYNES I PAPLUDIMIO · Klaipėda Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
SMILTYNES II PAPLUDIMIO · Klaipėda Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
SVENTOSIOS MOTERU PAPLUDIMIO · Šventoji Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
SVENTOSIOS PAPLUDIMIO · Šventoji Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row

Lake 3 sites · 33.3% Excellent

KURSIU MARIU TIES KINTAIS Good
SKUODO · Skuodas Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
ZEMAICIU NAUMIESCIO · Žemaičių Naumiestis Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024

Compared with other counties in Lithuania

#	County	Sites	Excellent	Poor
1	Klaipėda County	19	89.5%	0
2	Vilnius County	26	80.8%	2

Counties with at least 15 official bathing waters. Size, water type and how densely sites are designated differ, so the table is context rather than a verdict.

Quick answers

How many bathing waters in Klaipėda County were rated Excellent in 2025?: 17 of 19 (89.5%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 1 were Good, 1 Sufficient and 0 Poor. That ranks Klaipėda County 1 of 2 Lithuania counties by Excellent share.
Which beaches in Klaipėda County have the best long-term record?: 14 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example GIRULIU PAPLUDIMIO, JUODKRANTES PAPLUDIMIO, MELNRAGES I PAPLUDIMIO. See the ranking.
Which places in Klaipėda County have the most official bathing waters?: Klaipėda (6, 100% Excellent), Palanga (3, 100% Excellent), Šventoji (2, 100% Excellent). See the place table; places are the nearest named settlement to each site.
Were any bathing waters in Klaipėda County rated Poor?: No. None was classified Poor in 2025.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?: On Bathing-water quality (Institute of Hygiene) (Institute of Hygiene (Higienos institutas) with the municipalities). Temporary bans, pollution alerts and closures are published there and on signs at the water, not in the annual EEA class.

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Sources and method

Bathing-water records: European Environment Agency (EEA), data and coordinates reported by Lithuania, licensed CC BY 4.0. Region and area boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024 (© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). A site belongs to the area that contains its reported coordinates; a site up to 10 km off the generalised coastline is placed in the nearest area of Lithuania. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.