Vecrīga Weather in April
Vecrīga in April
The short of it: Vecrīga in April averages a high of 12 °C (53 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 35 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 14 h 11 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 12° · low 2° · rain 35 mm · daylight 14 h 11 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Vecrīga an average April high of 12°, a low of 2° and some 35 mm of rain. Highs rise 7° against March, to near 12°; nights run about 2°. Rain is modest, about 35 mm, the 10th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 11 min in mid-April, 153 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates April 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Vecrīga runs about middling and wetter than most in April. Riga, 0 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
April in Vecrīga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 7° warmer, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus May
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h