Riva del Garda climate — normals and trends
Riva del Garda (Italy) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.6 °C and it receives 1,421 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (15.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Riva del Garda averages 147 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.
Riva del Garda has warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.38 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 172 to 122 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.0 °C (on 27 June 2019) and the coldest -31.5 °C (on 23 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Riva del GardaTrentino-Alto Adige
- coords
- 45.89°, 10.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.6°C
Average daily high
9.5°C
Average daily low
1.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,421mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
6.4km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
147 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
166 d/yr
Annual snowfall
244.6 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.3 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
29.0 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest day
-31.5 °C
23 January 1942
Wettest day
106 mm
20 September 1999
Windiest day
17.1 km/h
1 July 2022
Strongest gust
115.2 km/h
29 October 2018
Hottest feels-like
32.8 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-36.3 °C
23 January 1942
Snowiest day
42.1 cm
15 November 2019
Sunniest day
15.0 h
9 July 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 144 mm | +82 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 37 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 7.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 121 mm | +33 mm |
| Apr | 11.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 121 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 13.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 232 mm | +77 mm |
| Jun | 21.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 117 mm | -40 mm |
| Jul | 19.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 237 mm | +87 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 205 mm | +59 mm |
| Sep | 15.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 134 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 10.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 77 mm | -59 mm |
| Nov | 5.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 91 mm | -41 mm |
| Dec | 4.4 °C | +4.4 °C | 36 mm | -43 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Riva del Garda?
Riva del Garda has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.6 °C and it receives 1,421 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Riva del Garda?
The hottest day measured in Riva del Garda between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2019, reaching 29.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Riva del Garda?
The coldest day measured in Riva del Garda between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1942, at -31.5 °C.
Does it snow in Riva del Garda?
Yes. Riva del Garda gets on average 244.6 cm of snow per year and has around 147 frost days.
Has the climate of Riva del Garda warmed?
Yes: Riva del Garda warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Riva del Garda?
The wettest day measured in Riva del Garda between 1940 and 2025 was 20 September 1999, with 106 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Riva del Garda?
The windiest day measured in Riva del Garda between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2022, with winds reaching 17.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Riva del Garda?
The warmest month in Riva del Garda is July (15.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Riva del Garda?
Riva del Garda receives on average 1,421 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Riva del Garda?
Riva del Garda gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Riva del Garda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Riva del Garda between 1940 and 2025 was 15 November 2019, with 42.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Riva del Garda?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Riva del Garda.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Riva del Garda?
In Riva del Garda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.8 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -36.3 °C on 23 January 1942.
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