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CityCompass
Best time to be here: June to August. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
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Days -3 °C, nights -7 °C
34 h sunshine · 7.1 h daylight
59 mm rain · 96% humidity
Days -2 °C, nights -8 °C
75 h sunshine · 9.1 h daylight
48 mm rain · 95% humidity
Days 2 °C, nights -4 °C
166 h sunshine · 11.4 h daylight
46 mm rain · 91% humidity
Days 9 °C, nights 1 °C
208 h sunshine · 13.9 h daylight
48 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 16 °C, nights 7 °C
267 h sunshine · 16.2 h daylight
52 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 19 °C, nights 11 °C
258 h sunshine · 17.5 h daylight
76 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 22 °C, nights 14 °C
247 h sunshine · 17.0 h daylight
82 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 21 °C, nights 14 °C
212 h sunshine · 15.0 h daylight
80 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 17 °C, nights 9 °C
152 h sunshine · 12.5 h daylight
59 mm rain · 84% humidity
Days 9 °C, nights 4 °C
83 h sunshine · 10.0 h daylight
78 mm rain · 89% humidity
Days 4 °C, nights 1 °C
19 h sunshine · 7.7 h daylight
74 mm rain · 94% humidity
Days 0 °C, nights -4 °C
16 h sunshine · 6.5 h daylight
63 mm rain · 95% humidity
Living in Riga means living under Latvia's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Latvia actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Microenterprise Tax (MET), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: June to August. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Dots are the other cities we cover here. Click one to switch.
Days -3 °C, nights -7 °C
34 h sunshine · 7.1 h daylight
59 mm rain · 96% humidity
Days -2 °C, nights -8 °C
75 h sunshine · 9.1 h daylight
48 mm rain · 95% humidity
Days 2 °C, nights -4 °C
166 h sunshine · 11.4 h daylight
46 mm rain · 91% humidity
Days 9 °C, nights 1 °C
208 h sunshine · 13.9 h daylight
48 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 16 °C, nights 7 °C
267 h sunshine · 16.2 h daylight
52 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 19 °C, nights 11 °C
258 h sunshine · 17.5 h daylight
76 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 22 °C, nights 14 °C
247 h sunshine · 17.0 h daylight
82 mm rain · 81% humidity
Days 21 °C, nights 14 °C
212 h sunshine · 15.0 h daylight
80 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 17 °C, nights 9 °C
152 h sunshine · 12.5 h daylight
59 mm rain · 84% humidity
Days 9 °C, nights 4 °C
83 h sunshine · 10.0 h daylight
78 mm rain · 89% humidity
Days 4 °C, nights 1 °C
19 h sunshine · 7.7 h daylight
74 mm rain · 94% humidity
Days 0 °C, nights -4 °C
16 h sunshine · 6.5 h daylight
63 mm rain · 95% humidity
Living in Riga means living under Latvia's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Latvia actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Microenterprise Tax (MET), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)