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Riga in March

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Riga is chilly: highs near 41°F, lows near 26°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 18 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Riga is chilly: highs near 5°C, lows near -3°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 2 hours 18 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
41°F5°Caverage
Low
26°F-3°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
11h 43mon average

Is March a good time to visit Riga?

March sits outside Riga's best months, which run from June to August. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about three 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 March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 41°F in March, against 33°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 5°C in March, against 1°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in March, against 35% to 47% through the year.

Cloud cover

67% cover in March, against 48% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

11h 43m in March, against 6h 50m to 17h 45m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. February34°1°low 22°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March41°5°low 26°low -3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April53°12°low 35°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Riga sits, in March

Europe/Riga
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:42 AMsets 6:24 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 March, 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.

See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Riga

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.