Riga weather by month & the best time to visit
🇱🇻 Latvia · city break · continental climate
The best time to visit Riga is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with August and June close behind. Riga averages about 1,691 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 72 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,691
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 688 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 21°C / 70°F
- Population
- 743k
- Elevation
- 8 m
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When is the best time to visit Riga?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Riga is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 52 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Riga?
Riga isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,691 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate July (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It is the only destination Sunshine Map tracks in Latvia. The year's 688 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -5° / 23°F | 52 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 43 mm | 1 | 0° / 32°F |
| March | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -3° / 27°F | 41 mm | 2 | 2° / 36°F |
| April | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 1° / 34°F | 43 mm | 3 | 5° / 41°F |
| May | 47 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 44 mm | 4 | 12° / 54°F |
| June | 69 | 19° / 66°F | 12° / 54°F | 69 mm | 5 | 19° / 66°F |
| July | 75 | 22° / 72°F | 15° / 59°F | 72 mm | 5 | 21° / 70°F |
| August | 75 | 21° / 70°F | 14° / 57°F | 73 mm | 4 | 21° / 70°F |
| September | 59 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 55 mm | 2 | 19° / 66°F |
| October | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 71 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 68 mm | 0 | 9° / 48°F |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -2° / 28°F | 57 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Riga by month
The sea off Riga is warmest in July at around 21°C / 70°F, and coolest in January at 0°C / 32°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 2 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kaunas Lithuania · 218 km · best in Jun · 1,585 h sun/yr
- Vilnius Lithuania · 267 km · best in Jun · 1,582 h sun/yr
- Tallinn Estonia · 282 km · best in Jul · 1,693 h sun/yr
- Kaliningrad Russia · 308 km · best in Aug · 1,700 h sun/yr
- Helsinki (Vantaa) Finland · 382 km · best in Jul · 1,584 h sun/yr
- Minsk Belarus · 424 km · best in Jun · 1,717 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pärnu Estonia · 169 km · 1,650 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kuressaare Estonia · 170 km · 1,739 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Palanga Lithuania · 206 km · 1,713 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tartu Estonia · 223 km · 1,596 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kärdla Estonia · 240 km · 1,751 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Riga compares month by month: Riga vs Minsk · Riga vs Helsinki (Vantaa) · Riga vs Vilnius · Riga vs Tallinn · all comparisons
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