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Riga vs Breckenridge

Cfb Oceanic / temperateDsc Mediterranean-influenced subarctic

Comparing Riga change · Breckenridge change

Bottom line

Riga is the warmer of the two — about 8°C on the annual average, and Breckenridge the sunnier.

Warmer Riga 8°C on the year
Wetter About the same similar annual rainfall
Sunnier Breckenridge 11 pp less cloud
Colder winters Breckenridge 12°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Riga and Breckenridge, in everyday terms.

Summers

Riga has hotter summers

Riga: Mild
Breckenridge: Mild

Winters

Riga has much milder winters

Riga: Cold
Breckenridge: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Similar yearly rainfall

Riga: Moderate rainfall
Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Breckenridge is sunnier

Riga: Often cloudy
Breckenridge: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Riga is the warmer of the two — about 8°C on the annual average.

-20°20° JanAprJulOct RigaBreckenridge

Precipitation

Both cities get a similar amount of precipitation across the year.

PRECIPITATION (mm) 050100 JanAprJulOct RigaBreckenridge

Clear skies

Breckenridge has the clearer skies — the higher line.

0%25%50%75%100% JanAprJulOct RigaBreckenridge

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°C) Riga runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Riga0041117202423171262
Breckenridge-2-047121821191693-2
Difference-2-1-4-5-3-3-3-1-3-3-4
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Riga004111720
Breckenridge-2-0471218
Difference-2-1-4-5-3
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Riga2423171262
Breckenridge21191693-2
Difference-3-3-1-3-3-4
Avg low (°C) Riga runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Riga-3-4-1381316161273-1
Breckenridge-16-15-12-9-4043-1-6-12-16
Difference-12-11-11-12-12-13-13-13-12-13-14-15
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Riga-3-4-13813
Breckenridge-16-15-12-9-40
Difference-12-11-11-12-12-13
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Riga16161273-1
Breckenridge43-1-6-12-16
Difference-13-13-12-13-14-15
Precipitation (mm) Varies through the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Riga554837435065526690675345
Breckenridge757379926229455641516564
Difference+20+25+41+49+12-36-7-10-49-16+12+19
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Riga554837435065
Breckenridge757379926229
Difference+20+25+41+49+12-36
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Riga526690675345
Breckenridge455641516564
Difference-7-10-49-16+12+19
Cloud cover (%) Riga runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Riga767570656165646367737776
Breckenridge586464696650555848515559
Difference-18-11-6+5+5-15-9-5-19-22-23-17
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Riga767570656165
Breckenridge586464696650
Difference-18-11-6+5+5-15
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Riga646367737776
Breckenridge555848515559
Difference-9-5-19-22-23-17
Relative humidity (%) Riga runs higher most of the year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Riga949489827879808083879294
Breckenridge929490776654566057637789
Difference-2+1+1-5-12-24-23-20-25-25-15-5
Jan – JunJanFebMarAprMayJun
Riga949489827879
Breckenridge929490776654
Difference-2+1+1-5-12-24
Jul – DecJulAugSepOctNovDec
Riga808083879294
Breckenridge566057637789
Difference-23-20-25-25-15-5

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Riga trends → · Breckenridge trends →

Methodology & sources

Riga

Temperature — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 5 years of daily observations at Riga, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Breckenridge

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Copper Mountain, a weather station, about 11 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

How we build these numbers →