Climate averages 1991–2020
Riga weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Riga: daytime highs average 3.9°C and nights cool to about -2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Šiauliai (123 km away). In March its highs average 4.1°C, about as warm as Riga, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Latvia, Riga ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 2 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 2 cities is 3.7°C; Riga is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Šiauliai in MarchLithuania · 123 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -3.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Panevėžys in MarchLithuania · 136 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.4°C · 37 mm rain
- Daugavpils in MarchLatvia · 190 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Tartu in MarchEstonia · 223 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -4.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Kaunas in MarchLithuania · 228 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Klaipėda in MarchLithuania · 229 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -0.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Vilnius in MarchLithuania · 261 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Pskov in MarchRussia · 271 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 35 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.