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Time in Riga, Latvia now

06:30:39PM

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Riga switches to daylight saving time at 03:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:03AM ↓ 06:54PM (12h 50m) - More info - Make Riga time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Riga

UTC +2

Eastern European Time (EET)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
The time in Riga is normally 7 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Riga can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Riga is Europe/Riga.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET).
The time was set back one hour from 04:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 03:00AM to 04:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Riga

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Riga

Sunrise: 06:03AM
Sunset: 06:54PM
Day length: 12h 50m
Solar noon: 12:29PM
The current local time in Riga is 29 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Riga on the map

Riga is the capital of Latvia.
Latitude: 56.95. Longitude: 24.11
Population: 743,000

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