Climate averages 1991–2020
Riga weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Riga: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 26 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Šiauliai (123 km away). In October its highs average 9.8°C, about as warm as Riga, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Latvia, Riga ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 2 cities is 9.6°C; Riga is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 4.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Šiauliai in OctoberLithuania · 123 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Panevėžys in OctoberLithuania · 136 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 5.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Daugavpils in OctoberLatvia · 190 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Tartu in OctoberEstonia · 223 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Kaunas in OctoberLithuania · 228 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Klaipėda in OctoberLithuania · 229 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Vilnius in OctoberLithuania · 261 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Pskov in OctoberRussia · 271 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 61 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.