Kuldīga climate — normals and trends
Kuldīga (Latvia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 678 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kuldīga averages 120 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Kuldīga has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 142 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 4 August 2014) and the coldest -36.4 °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
KuldīgaKuldīga Municipality
- coords
- 56.97°, 21.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.5°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
678mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
18.4km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
120 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
81.3 cm
Average feels-like high
6.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
33.1 °C
4 August 2014
Coldest day
-36.4 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
68 mm
28 July 1988
Windiest day
54.3 km/h
9 January 2005
Strongest gust
112.0 km/h
9 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
34.7 °C
25 June 2016
Coldest feels-like
-41.2 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
14.7 cm
17 January 1955
Sunniest day
17.0 h
8 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 100 mm | +54 mm |
| Feb | 0.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 15 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 7.6 °C | +4.6 °C | 22 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 11.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 20 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 13.1 °C | -2.2 °C | 59 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 17.9 °C | -1.2 °C | 82 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 135 mm | +45 mm |
| Aug | 19.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 90 mm | +6 mm |
| Sep | 18.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 61 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 10.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 59 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 5.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 28 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 27 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kuldīga?
Kuldīga has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 678 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kuldīga?
The hottest day measured in Kuldīga between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2014, reaching 33.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kuldīga?
The coldest day measured in Kuldīga between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -36.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kuldīga?
Yes. Kuldīga gets on average 81.3 cm of snow per year and has around 120 frost days.
Has the climate of Kuldīga warmed?
Yes: Kuldīga warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kuldīga?
The wettest day measured in Kuldīga between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1988, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kuldīga?
The windiest day measured in Kuldīga between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2005, with winds reaching 54.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kuldīga?
The warmest month in Kuldīga is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is February (-3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kuldīga?
Kuldīga receives on average 678 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kuldīga?
Kuldīga gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kuldīga?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kuldīga between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1955, with 14.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kuldīga?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kuldīga.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kuldīga?
In Kuldīga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 25 June 2016, and the lowest was -41.2 °C on 1 February 1956.
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