Riga, Latvia climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Riga, Latvia, with every day graded against ~45 years of local climate history (1981–2026). Its warmest month is July, averaging a high of 21°C, and its coldest is February, with an average low of -8°C.
Riga, officially Riga State City, is the capital, primate, and largest city of Latvia and the second largest in the Baltics. Home to 588,911 inhabitants, the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on Riga, Latvia's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Riga average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Riga, Latvia, based on 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is January (3 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2°C | -7°C | 3 mm |
| February | -2°C | -8°C | 3 mm |
| March | 2°C | -4°C | 3 mm |
| April | 9°C | 1°C | 3 mm |
| May | 15°C | 6°C | 3 mm |
| June | 19°C | 11°C | 3 mm |
| July | 21°C | 14°C | 3 mm |
| August | 21°C | 13°C | 3 mm |
| September | 16°C | 9°C | 3 mm |
| October | 10°C | 4°C | 3 mm |
| November | 3°C | 0°C | 3 mm |
| December | -1°C | -5°C | 3 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 30°C on 1994-07-29
- Coldest day on record: -33°C on 2006-01-20
Percentiles compare each day to Riga, Latvia's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →