Climate · Riga

Riga in August

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Riga is warm: highs near 75°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 10 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Riga is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 2 hours 10 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
75°F24°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
15h 05mon average

Is August a good time to visit Riga?


Yes. August is one of Riga's best months (June to August).

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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in August, against 35% to 47% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in August, against 48% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

15h 05m in August, against 6h 50m to 17h 45m through the year.

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

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  1. July75°24°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August75°24°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September66°19°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Riga sits, in August

Europe/Riga

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:49 AMsets 9:08 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 August, 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.