Vecrīga Weather in May
Vecrīga in May
The short of it: Vecrīga in May averages a high of 17 °C (63 °F) and a low of 7 °C (44 °F), with 46 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 16 h 27 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 17° · low 7° · rain 46 mm · daylight 16 h 27 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Vecrīga an average May high of 17°, a low of 7° and some 46 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 17°, with nights near 7°. Rain is modest, about 46 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 16 h 27 min in mid-May, 137 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and May.
Against its neighbours, Vecrīga runs about middling and drier than most in May. Riga, 0 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
May in Vecrīga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 11 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 16 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h