Riga month by month
Plan your visit to Riga by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
Riga's year breaks into three bands when you lay the measured weather out month by month. December through February flatlines at 1°C highs, with December and January logging 16 and 15 rain days. February is drier at 11. March reaches 6°C, April 11°C, May 16°C. Each month gains 5 degrees, with 10 to 11 rain days. The warm stretch from June through August pushes between 22°C and 24°C, but it carries more rain than the shoulder months. July peaks at 24°C and 17 rain days, the highest count in the year. September holds at 18°C with 10 rain days before October drops to 12°C and rain climbs back to 14.
All 12 month guides are published below. Neighboring months can shift by as much as 6°C and 4 rain days, so read closely around your travel window. May and September both record 10 rain days, but September runs 2°C warmer at 18°C. June and August share a 22°C high, yet June logs 13 rain days against August's 15. If you are planning around the warm season, open the July page first to understand the wet-warm tradeoff, then compare June and August for drier alternatives. For winter travel, February's 11 rain days make it the least wet of the three months at 1°C.
July's 17 rain days and December's 16 are the highest counts in the measured year. October pairs 14 rain days with a 12°C high that sits 6 degrees below September's 18°C.
July records both Riga's peak temperature at 24°C and its highest rain count at 17 days, a combination no other month in the measured year matches.
- January
- High
- 1°C
- Low
- -4°C
- Rain
- 72 mm
January in Riga is dark and cold. That is the single most important thing to know. You will get roughly 7 hours of daylight, with sunrise around 9:00 and sunset by 16:15.…
- February
- High
- 1°C
- Low
- -4°C
- Rain
- 50 mm
February in Riga means genuine cold, roughly 9 hours of daylight, and the kind of quiet that settles over a Baltic capital when tourism has all but stopped. Expect average highs…
- March
- High
- 7°C
- Low
- -1°C
- Rain
- 38 mm
March in Riga is a month of grey thaw. The city sits at the edge of winter's retreat, with temperatures hovering around 6.5°C (44°F) during the day and dropping to -0.9°C (30°F) at…
- April
- High
- 11°C
- Low
- 3°C
- Rain
- 48 mm
April in Riga is the city shaking off a long Baltic winter, and it does so slowly. Expect daytime highs around 11°C (52°F) that still feel brisk when wind picks up off the Daugava,…
- May
- High
- 16°C
- Low
- 7°C
- Rain
- 75 mm
May is when Riga turns a corner. After 6 months of Baltic cold, with January lows around -4°C (25°F), daytime temperatures finally reach 16°C (61°F) and the city shifts outdoors.…
- June
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 13°C
- Rain
- 78 mm
June in Riga means near-endless daylight. The sun sets around 22:20 and rises again before 05:00, giving you roughly 18 hours of usable light per day. Daytime temperatures sit…
- July
- High
- 24°C
- Low
- 15°C
- Rain
- 100 mm
July brings Riga its warmest weather and its longest days. Highs typically reach 23.5°C (74°F), and the sun doesn't set until after 10pm, giving you roughly 18 hours of usable…
- August
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 116 mm
August in Riga comes with a catch. It delivers the warmest evenings of the year, with lows rarely dipping below 14°C (58°F), and the city's parks and cafe terraces fill with locals…
- September
- High
- 18°C
- Low
- 11°C
- Rain
- 52 mm
September is when Riga's cultural season kicks back to life. The Latvian National Opera on Aspazijas bulvāris opens its new program, the Dailes teātris starts its fall run, and the…
- October
- High
- 12°C
- Low
- 6°C
- Rain
- 81 mm
October in Riga is the month when the city turns inward. Average highs sit around 11.5°C (53°F), lows drop to 5.9°C (43°F) after dark, and 81mm of rainfall across roughly 14 days…
- November
- High
- 5°C
- Low
- 1°C
- Rain
- 53 mm
November in Riga is dark. Sunset drops below the horizon before 4:30 PM by mid-month, and on overcast days, which account for roughly 20 out of 30, it barely feels like full…
- December
- High
- 1°C
- Low
- -3°C
- Rain
- 60 mm
December in Riga is dark. That is the first thing you need to know. The sun rises around 9:00 AM and sets by 3:45 PM, which leaves roughly 7 hours of grey, low-angled daylight.…