Climate averages 1991–2020
Riga weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Riga: daytime highs average -0.4°C and nights cool to about -5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 26 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Šiauliai (123 km away). In February its highs average -0.3°C, about as warm as Riga, with 35 mm of precipitation.
Among the 2 cities listed in Latvia, Riga ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest February highs and joint 1st of 2 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 2 cities is -0.9°C; Riga is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 3.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 39 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Riga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.8°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 46 | 11.2 | 7.57 h |
| February, selected | -0.4°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 39 | 9.9 | 9.49 h |
| March | 3.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 38 | 9.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 41 | 9.2 | 14.214 h |
| May | 16.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 52 | 10.3 | 16.516 h |
| June | 20.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 73 | 11.3 | 17.718 h |
| July | 22.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 70 | 11.7 | 17.217 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 79 | 13.0 | 15.215 h |
| September | 16.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 70 | 11.6 | 12.913 h |
| October | 10.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 80 | 14.2 | 10.410 h |
| November | 4.4°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 59 | 12.8 | 8.28 h |
| December | 0.8°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 49 | 12.0 | 6.97 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Šiauliai in FebruaryLithuania · 123 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -5.8°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Panevėžys in FebruaryLithuania · 136 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -5.4°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Daugavpils in FebruaryLatvia · 190 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -6.5°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Tartu in FebruaryEstonia · 223 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -7.2°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kaunas in FebruaryLithuania · 228 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -5.4°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Klaipėda in FebruaryLithuania · 229 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Vilnius in FebruaryLithuania · 261 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -5.6°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Pskov in FebruaryRussia · 271 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -7.6°C · 35 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Riga) is explained once on the Riga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.