Riga International Airport

EVRA · Babīte, Latvia

Climate Riga International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Riga International Airport (EVRA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.8 44 25 37 32 32
February 43.2 32 35 47 57 56
March 65.2 60 58 84 64 73
April 82.3 85 82 79 90
May 88.7 97 85 80 85
June 89.7 96 90 92 81
July 88.1 87 89 95 89
August 86.9 77 88 77 90
September 81.7 82 81 86 83
October 61.1 53 69 74 60
November 35.6 52 27 30 49
December 31.6 30 24 37 35
Average 69.4 47.1 71.8 74.6 73.0 74.3

1st best VFR conditions of Latvia

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.8 65 62 66 65 64
February 70.8 59 63 76 83 87
March 85.5 88 82 92 88 93
April 93.7 94 94 92 100
May 95.1 98 92 94 93
June 94.7 98 94 97 88
July 95.3 94 95 98 96
August 94.2 90 93 91 96
September 92.9 92 92 96 94
October 84.8 88 87 88 85
November 63.2 79 61 60 79
December 60.3 65 31 55 69
Average 85.0 72.5 87.3 86.5 87.7 89.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.3 -2 2 2 -2 5
February 1.4 3 2 3 -2 5
March 5.5 8 5 7 5 7
April 11.1 12 9 10 11
May 16.8 18 15 15 14
June 22.6 23 23 25 24
July 22.8 22 23 27 21
August 22.8 23 26 20 23
September 17.8 21 15 16 19
October 11.6 10 13 12 13
November 5.5 4 5 6 8
December 1.1 1 -3 -1 2
Average 10.6 2.8 11.8 11.8 10.9 12.5

1st highest temperature of Latvia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -5.8 -8 -2 -3 -5 1
February -4.1 -1 -2 -2 -9 0
March -3.9 1 -2 -4 -2 -1
April 1.1 3 0 1 1
May 4.9 3 5 6 4
June 10.9 10 11 13 13
July 12.6 11 12 16 11
August 12.1 14 14 12 11
September 8.4 10 6 7 10
October 4.9 5 6 5 7
November 1.2 0 1 1 3
December -3.2 -3 -8 -7 -1
Average 2.8 -3.2 3.8 3.4 3.1 4.8

1st lowest temperature of Latvia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 30.9 34 23 37 33 21
February 23.5 29 25 29 19 18
March 14.6 8 22 3 15 12
April 9.7 8 10 13 10
May 8.3 2 12 16 9
June 6.4 6 11 2 6
July 9.2 11 10 3 11
August 9.1 13 7 17 8
September 9.8 5 10 8 9
October 15.6 24 10 9 12
November 19.4 23 19 26 13
December 25.9 32 29 41 17
Average 14.1 21.8 13.5 12.8 14.1 10.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.3 9 8 10 8 8
February 8.0 7 7 9 8 9
March 8.0 8 8 6 9 8
April 8.2 7 9 8 8
May 7.2 7 7 8 8
June 6.5 6 5 6 7
July 6.5 6 6 7 6
August 6.2 6 6 7 5
September 7.1 7 6 7 7
October 7.9 8 8 9 8
November 7.0 6 6 7 7
December 7.2 5 6 7 9
Average 7.3 7.7 6.7 6.8 7.5 7.4

1st highest wind speed of Latvia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 173° 173° 265° 149° 213°
February 163° 282° 203° 329° 207°
March 157° 212° 307° 234° 221°
April 021° 341° 306° 301°
May 326° 271° 211° 325°
June 351° 229° 316° 039°
July 235° 250° 084° 225°
August 175° 126° 171° 332°
September 187° 055° 355° 207°
October 211° 214° 183° 161°
November 172° 149° 198° 193°
December 185° 165° 194° 160°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.