Climate averages 1991–2020
Riga weather
in November.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Riga: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 10 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Šiauliai (123 km away). In November its highs average 4.1°C, about as warm as Riga, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Latvia, Riga ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest November highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 2 cities is 3.9°C; Riga is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 0.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 59 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Šiauliai in NovemberLithuania · 123 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Panevėžys in NovemberLithuania · 136 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Daugavpils in NovemberLatvia · 190 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low 0.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Tartu in NovemberEstonia · 223 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -0.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Kaunas in NovemberLithuania · 228 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Klaipėda in NovemberLithuania · 229 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Vilnius in NovemberLithuania · 261 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low 0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Pskov in NovemberRussia · 271 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 53 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.