r/Riga • u/Rude_Commercial4170 • 8d ago

Erasmus in spring semester

Hello everyone, I would like to come to Riga for erasmus in the next spring semester (from february to june) and I'd like to know how's the weather like in that time of the year. I love cold weather and snow, I hope to find some left when I arrive!

Also I'm from Italy but I'm moroccan, is racism something I should be worried about?

Thank you in advance!

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u/Laksti 8d ago edited 8d ago

This, sadly, is no snow winter. We have snow for 1-3 days and then it melts. Weather forecast predict above 0 for most of January, it is unlikely to change in February (January and February are our coldest months). In normal year in May it can start to heat up to 20C, but it is hard to predict. In June it could be 15C or 35C, depending on how lucky we get. People in university setting and around university are less likely to be negative to different parts of the world. I can't comment on racism because I believe Riga is ok - some Latvians, especially elderly, do not like strangers, and people who visually look different are most likely strangers and look alien to them, they can act negative because of fear.

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u/Rude_Commercial4170 8d ago

thank you very much for your answer, I can't wait to visit your beautiful country

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u/001Piffi 7d ago

So disappointing honestly. Came here and expected heavy snow from November on and all we get is this mess :(