Country ranking
Latvia: warming city by city
14 weather stations ranked by temperature change between 1961–1990 and 2016–2025.
Key figures: Latvia
- Median change
- +2.08°C14 stations, 2016–2025 versus 1961–1990
- Largest increase
- +2.66°CRiga (RIGA)
- Smallest increase
- +1.86°CSaldus (SALDUS)
- Longest record
- since 1914Ventspils (VENTSPILS)
For each station, we compare the mean annual temperature of 2016–2025 with the same station's 1961–1990 mean. In this ranking the change runs from +1.86°C in Saldus to +2.66°C in Riga; half of the 14 stations are above +2.08°C.
Over 2016–2025, the warmest station in the ranking is Riga (annual mean 8.9°C) and the coldest is Aluksne (6.5°C).
Latvia: which cities are warming fastest?
| # | City | Station | Record | 1961–1990 | 2016–2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RigaRIGA · 1924–2025 | RIGA · ECAD | 1924–2025 | 6.3°C | 8.9°C | +2.66°C |
| 2 | SaulkrastiSKULTE · 1938–2025 | SKULTE · ECAD | 1938–2025 | 5.9°C | 8.1°C | +2.20°C |
| 3 | GulbeneGULBENE · 1924–2025 | GULBENE · ECAD | 1924–2025 | 4.9°C | 7.1°C | +2.18°C |
| 4 | DobeleDOBELE · 1950–2025 | DOBELE · ECAD | 1950–2025 | 6.0°C | 8.1°C | +2.15°C |
| 5 | RucavaRUCAVA · 1931–2025 | RUCAVA · ECAD | 1931–2025 | 6.3°C | 8.4°C | +2.15°C |
| 6 | VentspilsVENTSPILS · 1914–2025 | VENTSPILS · ECAD | 1914–2025 | 6.6°C | 8.7°C | +2.13°C |
| 7 | RezekneREZEKNE · 1948–2025 | REZEKNE · ECAD | 1948–2025 | 5.0°C | 7.1°C | +2.09°C |
| 8 | PavilostaPAVILOSTA · 1946–2025 | PAVILOSTA · ECAD | 1946–2025 | 6.4°C | 8.5°C | +2.06°C |
| 9 | AinaziAINAZI · 1928–2025 | AINAZI · ECAD | 1928–2025 | 5.8°C | 7.8°C | +2.05°C |
| 10 | KolkaKOLKA · 1926–2025 | KOLKA · ECAD | 1926–2025 | 6.1°C | 8.2°C | +2.04°C |
| 11 | AizkraukleSKRIVERI · 1943–2025 | SKRIVERI · ECAD | 1943–2025 | 5.6°C | 7.6°C | +2.01°C |
| 12 | ZoseniZOSENI · 1946–2025 | ZOSENI · ECAD | 1946–2025 | 4.6°C | 6.6°C | +1.98°C |
| 13 | AluksneALUKSNE · 1946–2025 | ALUKSNE · ECAD | 1946–2025 | 4.6°C | 6.5°C | +1.96°C |
| 14 | SaldusSALDUS · 1946–2025 | SALDUS · ECAD | 1946–2025 | 5.8°C | 7.6°C | +1.86°C |
Method and limits
- Data: annual means from NOAA (GHCN) and ECA&D stations. A station is ranked when it has at least 20 years in 1961–1990 and 8 years in 2016–2025.
- One row per station: when several towns share the same station, only the nearest one is shown.
- These are raw, non-homogenised series: a station move, an instrument change or urban growth can increase or reduce the change at one station. The country median is more robust than the rank of any single city.
- Changes below −1.5°C or above +6°C are treated as measurement breaks and left out.