Current time in Riga, Latvia
The current local time in Riga is shown below. Riga observes EET in winter and EEST during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
What's the timezone history of Riga?
Riga uses Eastern European Time at UTC+2, switching to UTC+3 in summer following the EU-coordinated DST schedule. Latvia rejoined the European time framework in 1991 after restoring independence, having spent the Soviet decades on Moscow Time. The country's longitude around 24 degrees east sits near the western edge of the EET zone, leaving wall time slightly ahead of mean solar noon. The high northern latitude produces strong seasonal day-length swings, with around 18 hours of daylight at the June solstice.
What are the working hours in Riga?
Banking and finance (with several of the Baltic-Nordic banks running operational centres in the city), shared services for European multinationals, and IT services anchor employment. Office hours run 09:00 to 18:00. Lunch is typically taken between 12:00 and 13:00. The Latvian summer holiday season concentrates around the Jฤลi (midsummer) celebration on 23-24 June, a public holiday in Latvia treated as one of the year's principal social events. Many workplaces also see reduced staffing through late July and early August.
Where is Riga?
Riga is the capital of Latvia, sitting where the Daugava River widens into the Gulf of Riga on the eastern Baltic. The city proper holds around 605,000 residents and the wider metropolitan region roughly 1 million, around half of Latvia's total population. The historic Old Town (Vecrฤซga), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, occupies the original right-bank settlement and is one of the largest collections of Art Nouveau architecture in Europe. Jลซrmala, the resort town along the Bay of Riga coast 20 kilometres west, forms an extended beach suburb.