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Best Time for the Baltic Capitals by Rail
Sweet spot: March, April, October — computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
White nights around midsummer — old towns buzz till midnight and Jāņi bonfires take over Latvia on June 23–24.
Tallinn and Riga stage two of Europe's loveliest Christmas markets — dress for -5°C and dusk at 15:30.
| Month | Temp | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -32.9–9.1°C | 53 mm | 7.4 h | ❄ |
| February | -28.7–8.6°C | 43 mm | 9.2 h | ❄ |
| March | -18.2–15.9°C | 43 mm | 11.5 h | ❄ |
| April | -8.0–24.5°C | 44 mm | 13.9 h | ❄ |
| May | -2.7–27.5°C | 63 mm | 16.0 h | ❄ |
| June | 2.9–30.3°C | 74 mm | 17.2 h | |
| July | 7.7–31.3°C | 85 mm | 16.7 h | |
| August | 6.9–33.2°C | 76 mm | 14.8 h | |
| September | 0.4–29.6°C | 55 mm | 12.4 h | ❄ |
| October | -6.1–21.3°C | 67 mm | 10.1 h | ❄ |
| November | -14.3–13.7°C | 59 mm | 7.9 h | ❄ |
| December | -21.4–9.6°C | 55 mm | 6.7 h | ❄ |