Climate averages 1991–2020
Riga weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Riga: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 17 h 11 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Šiauliai (123 km away). In July its highs average 22.1°C, about as warm as Riga, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Latvia, Riga ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 2 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 2 cities is 22.5°C; Riga is level with that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 79 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | -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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Šiauliai in JulyLithuania · 123 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Panevėžys in JulyLithuania · 136 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Daugavpils in JulyLatvia · 190 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Tartu in JulyEstonia · 223 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Kaunas in JulyLithuania · 228 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Klaipėda in JulyLithuania · 229 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Vilnius in JulyLithuania · 261 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Pskov in JulyRussia · 271 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 67 mm rain
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.