Vecrīga Weather in January
Vecrīga in January
The short of it: Vecrīga in January averages a high of -0 °C (31 °F) and a low of -5 °C (23 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 7 h 22 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 0° · low -5° · rain 40 mm · daylight 7 h 22 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & May
January in Vecrīga brings afternoons near 0° and nights around -5°, with about 40 mm of rain over the month. Vecrīga's coldest stretch of the year, 0° by day and -5° by night. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 9th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 7 h 22 min in mid-January, 37 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack the buffalo coat, mittens and fur-lined boots. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Vecrīga runs warmer than most and wetter than most in January. Riga, 0 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
January in Vecrīga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h