Climate · Riga

Riga in October

Cool and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Riga is cool: highs near 55°F, lows near 43°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 40 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Riga is cool: highs near 13°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 40 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
55°F13°Caverage
Low
43°F6°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
10h 08mon average

Is October a good time to visit Riga?


October sits outside Riga's best months, which run from June to August. Expect cool days and rain 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 55°F in October, against 33°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 13°C in October, against 1°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in October, against 35% to 47% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in October, against 48% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

10h 08m in October, against 6h 50m to 17h 45m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. September66°19°low 51°low 11°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. October55°13°low 43°low 6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November45°7°low 36°low 2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Riga sits, in October

Europe/Riga

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:54 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 October, 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.