Climate · Riga

Riga in April

Cool and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Riga is cool: highs near 53°F, lows near 35°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 42 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Riga is cool: highs near 12°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 42 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
53°F12°Caverage
Low
35°F2°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
14h 13mon average

Is April a good time to visit Riga?


April sits outside Riga's best months, which run from June to August. Expect cool days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 53°F in April, against 33°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 12°C in April, against 1°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in April, against 35% to 47% through the year.

Cloud cover

61% cover in April, against 48% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

14h 13m in April, against 6h 50m to 17h 45m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. March41°5°low 26°low -3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April53°12°low 35°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May64°18°low 45°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Riga sits, in April

Europe/Riga

this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:18 AMsets 8:30 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
56.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Riga, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Riga is our one place in Latvia so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Riga. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.