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Latvia by campervan: weather and best time

When to tour Latvia by campervan: temperatures, rainfall and the best season for each part of the country. What to know before you go.

Published 18 September 2026Last checked 19 September 2026

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The season is June to August, with late May and September on either side. That is when the beaches work, the forest tracks are dry, the campsites are open and the light lasts until nearly eleven. From November to March the days are short and grey, the temperature sits around freezing, and travelling means a heated van and an honest look at what that does to a water system.

Pines leaning off an eroded dune above a wide empty sand beach
500 km of coast, almost all of it inside the dune protection belt

The year by region: how it feels, how warm, how wet

Riga and the Gulf coastRiga
0°47 mm
0°40 mm
5°34 mm
12°35 mm
18°48 mm
21°65 mm
24°80 mm
23°78 mm
17°67 mm
11°76 mm
5°56 mm
1°50 mm
Gauja and VidzemeZosēni, Cēsis municipality
-2°57 mm
-2°44 mm
3°41 mm
11°42 mm
17°58 mm
20°81 mm
23°80 mm
21°76 mm
16°58 mm
9°79 mm
3°59 mm
-1°56 mm
Kurzeme and the west coastLiepāja
1°58 mm
1°42 mm
4°37 mm
10°29 mm
15°38 mm
19°51 mm
22°64 mm
22°76 mm
17°74 mm
11°84 mm
6°73 mm
3°68 mm
Latgale and the lakesDaugavpils
-2°40 mm
-1°39 mm
4°36 mm
12°35 mm
18°62 mm
21°74 mm
24°73 mm
23°72 mm
17°56 mm
10°59 mm
4°48 mm
0°43 mm

BestWorkableToo hotCold or wetTop figure: average daily high. Below it: average rainfall for the month.

Mosquitoes and ticks are the two summer nuisances and one of them matters medically. Mosquitoes are serious on the lake shores of Latgale and in the river valleys from June into August. Ticks are present across the country and Latvia is a known tick-borne encephalitis area, so check yourself after any walk in long grass or forest. The reward for waiting is September, when the first frosts clear the insects and the mushroom season starts in earnest.