Cēsis climate — normals and trends
Cēsis (Latvia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 770 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Cēsis averages 140 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Cēsis has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 161 to 119 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.5 °C (on 29 July 2018) and the coldest -37.1 °C (on 1 February 1956).
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
CēsisCēsis Municipality
- coords
- 57.31°, 25.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.5°C
Average daily high
8.8°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
770mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
140 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
119.9 cm
Average feels-like high
5.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.4 °C
Average peak gust
38.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
32.5 °C
29 July 2018
Coldest day
-37.1 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
51 mm
23 September 1950
Windiest day
52.6 km/h
2 November 1969
Strongest gust
109.4 km/h
2 November 1969
Hottest feels-like
34.8 °C
7 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-41.7 °C
31 January 1956
Snowiest day
15.2 cm
20 January 1959
Sunniest day
17.0 h
17 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.6 °C | +6.2 °C | 101 mm | +52 mm |
| Feb | -1.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 15 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 7.2 °C | +5.5 °C | 26 mm | -15 mm |
| Apr | 11.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 58 mm | +9 mm |
| May | 13.3 °C | -2.1 °C | 115 mm | +51 mm |
| Jun | 17.8 °C | -1.3 °C | 143 mm | +61 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 138 mm | +44 mm |
| Aug | 19.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 119 mm | +24 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 44 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 9.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 55 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 3.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 38 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 39 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cēsis?
Cēsis has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 770 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cēsis?
The hottest day measured in Cēsis between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2018, reaching 32.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cēsis?
The coldest day measured in Cēsis between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -37.1 °C.
Does it snow in Cēsis?
Yes. Cēsis gets on average 119.9 cm of snow per year and has around 140 frost days.
Has the climate of Cēsis warmed?
Yes: Cēsis warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cēsis?
The wettest day measured in Cēsis between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1950, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cēsis?
The windiest day measured in Cēsis between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1969, with winds reaching 52.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cēsis?
The warmest month in Cēsis is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Cēsis?
Cēsis receives on average 770 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cēsis?
Cēsis gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cēsis?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cēsis between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1959, with 15.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cēsis?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cēsis.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cēsis?
In Cēsis, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.8 °C on 7 August 2010, and the lowest was -41.7 °C on 31 January 1956.
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