Daugavpils climate — normals and trends
Daugavpils (Latvia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 690 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Daugavpils averages 131 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Daugavpils has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 154 to 108 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 13 July 1959) and the coldest -38.2 °C (on 16 January 1940).
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
DaugavpilsDaugavpils
- coords
- 55.88°, 26.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.1°C
Average daily high
9.5°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
690mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
16.7km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
131 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
102.5 cm
Average feels-like high
6.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 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
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
33.0 °C
13 July 1959
Coldest day
-38.2 °C
16 January 1940
Wettest day
62 mm
24 August 2017
Windiest day
46.6 km/h
18 October 1967
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
2 November 1969
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
16 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-43.6 °C
16 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.1 cm
2 April 1941
Sunniest day
16.9 h
23 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.7 °C | +6.1 °C | 55 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | -1.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 20 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 8.2 °C | +5.7 °C | 43 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 28 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 13.7 °C | -2.9 °C | 186 mm | +118 mm |
| Jun | 19.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 123 mm | +47 mm |
| Jul | 23.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 195 mm | +109 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 76 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 18.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 35 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 9.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 57 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 4.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 44 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 2.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 30 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Daugavpils?
Daugavpils has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.1 °C and it receives 690 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Daugavpils?
The hottest day measured in Daugavpils between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1959, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Daugavpils?
The coldest day measured in Daugavpils between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at -38.2 °C.
Does it snow in Daugavpils?
Yes. Daugavpils gets on average 102.5 cm of snow per year and has around 131 frost days.
Has the climate of Daugavpils warmed?
Yes: Daugavpils warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Daugavpils?
The wettest day measured in Daugavpils between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 2017, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Daugavpils?
The windiest day measured in Daugavpils between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1967, with winds reaching 46.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Daugavpils?
The warmest month in Daugavpils is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Daugavpils?
Daugavpils receives on average 690 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Daugavpils?
Daugavpils gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Daugavpils?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Daugavpils between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1941, with 19.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Daugavpils?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Daugavpils.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Daugavpils?
In Daugavpils, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 16 July 2021, and the lowest was -43.6 °C on 16 January 1940.
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