Sunrise in Riga today

Riga lies at 57°N. In Riga, day length ranges from 6h 43m in winter to 17h 52m in summer — a swing of about 11h 9m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Riga today, at a bearing of 80°. It starts getting light 39 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 8 minutes later in Riga than in Daugavpils, 191 km to the southeast.

Sunrise shifts earlier through spring and later through autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunrise and sunset times shift month by month for Riga.

The longest day in Riga is around 17h 52m (around June 21). The shortest is around 6h 43m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 5 minutes per day.