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Bathing water quality in Rīga, Latvia

Rīga has 23 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season (14 transitional (lagoon/estuary), 7 river, 1 lake and 1 coastal). 78.3% were classified Excellent — 6.4 points below the 84.7% across Latvia — and 0 were Poor. 9 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

Dunes and path to Vakabulli beach, Riga
Photo: Ralf Roletschek, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 at
23

official bathing waters

78.3%

Excellent in 2025

0

Poor in 2025

Not live: these are annual official classifications. Check the competent authority for today’s notices before swimming.
Before you swim in Rīga

Health Inspectorate (Veselības inspekcija)

Bathing season in Latvia: 15 May – 15 September. Samples are taken monthly during the season.

Annual EEA classes do not show temporary bans, short-term pollution or algae alerts. National information last checked 2026-11-01.

Season status: Today (6 November 2026) is outside the official bathing season (15 May – 15 September). Official monitoring is tied to the season (a first sample may be taken shortly before it opens), so there are no current official water-quality results now. The next season starts on 15 May 2027.

Peldūdens (Health Inspectorate) →

Map of official bathing waters in Rīga

Excellent 18Good 1Sufficient 3Poor 0Not classified 1
ASARI: Excellent (2025)PUMPURI: Excellent (2025)DZINTARI: Excellent (2025)BULDURI: Excellent (2025)VAKARBUĻĻI: Excellent (2025)DAUGAVAS PELDVIETA ĶĪPSALA: Excellent (2025)VAIVARI: Excellent (2025)MAJORI: Excellent (2025)BĀBELĪTE: Excellent (2025)DAUGAVA, PELDVIETA "LUCAVSALAS LĪCIS": Excellent (2025)MELLUŽI: Excellent (2025)DAUGAVGRĪVA: Excellent (2025)LIELUPE: Excellent (2025)DUBULTI: Excellent (2025)VECĀĶI: Excellent (2025)JAUNĶEMERI: Excellent (2025)LIELUPES PELDVIETA "EZERU IELAS PELDVIETA": Excellent (2025)LIELUPES PELDVIETA PRIEDAINE: Excellent (2025)SALASPILS PILSĒTAS PELDVIETA: Not classified (2025)GAUJAS UPE, SIGULDAS PILSĒTAS PELDVIETA: Good (2025)DAUGAVA, PELDVIETA "RUMBULA": Sufficient (2025)KAUGURI: Sufficient (2025)DAUGAVA, LUCAVSALAS PELDVIETA: Sufficient (2025)KurzemeVidzemeZemgale
How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating; select a dot to open that site. The white area is this region; neighbouring regions are shaded. Sea and large lakes are blue, neighbouring countries grey. Positions: official EEA coordinates. Boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024, generalised (© EuroGeographics); lakes: Natural Earth. Outlines are simplified, so a few shoreline dots can sit just offshore.

Sea, lakes and rivers in Rīga

2025 EEA classes by water type
Water typeSitesExcellentGoodSufficientPoorNot classified
Coastal11 (100%)0000
Transitional (lagoon/estuary)1413 (92.9%)0100
Lake11 (100%)0000
River73 (42.9%)1201

Coastal waters are assessed against stricter bacterial limits than lakes and rivers but are diluted far more; see how the classes are calculated.

Most consistent Excellent sites

9 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025.

  1. BULDURI 11 seasons
  2. DAUGAVGRĪVA 11 seasons
  3. JAUNĶEMERI 11 seasons
  4. LIELUPE 11 seasons
  5. LIELUPES PELDVIETA "EZERU IELAS PELDVIETA" 11 seasons
  6. MAJORI 11 seasons
  7. MELLUŽI 11 seasons
  8. PUMPURI 11 seasons
  9. VAKARBUĻĻI 11 seasons
  10. BĀBELĪTE 10 seasons
  11. VECĀĶI 9 seasons
  12. ASARI 5 seasons
  13. DZINTARI 4 seasons
  14. VAIVARI 4 seasons
  15. DAUGAVA, PELDVIETA "LUCAVSALAS LĪCIS" 1 season
  16. DAUGAVAS PELDVIETA ĶĪPSALA 1 season
  17. DUBULTI 1 season
  18. LIELUPES PELDVIETA PRIEDAINE 1 season

Rated Poor in 2025

None of the 23 official bathing waters in Rīga was classified Poor in 2025.

Changes from 2024 to 2025

Improved (2)

Declined (0)

None.

How Rīga rated since 2015

Counts for the sites in today’s 2025 inventory; the Excellent share is calculated over classified sites only.

SeasonClassifiedExcellentExcellent sharePoor
2025221881.8%0
2024201470%0
2023201680%0
2022201785%0
2021191368.4%1
2020191473.7%0
2019191473.7%0
2018191894.7%0
20171919100%0
2016181688.9%0
2015171482.4%0

Places with the most bathing waters in Rīga

Each site is matched to its nearest named place (GeoNames, within 8 km in a straight line), so beaches of one resort or lake shore can be compared together. Select a place to show only its sites in the full list.

Top 4 places by number of official bathing waters
PlaceSitesExcellentPoor
Jūrmala99 (100%)0
Daugavgrīva33 (100%)0
Piņķi22 (100%)0
Riga21 (50%)0

All 23 official bathing waters in Rīga

Grouped by water type, alphabetical within each group. Open a site for its 2015–2025 history, nearby alternatives, weather forecast and the national profile link.

Download all 23 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)

Coastal 1 site · 100% Excellent
Transitional (lagoon/estuary) 14 sites · 92.9% Excellent
  • ASARI · Jūrmala Excellent Excellent 5 seasons in a row
  • BULDURI · Jūrmala Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • DAUGAVGRĪVA Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • DUBULTI · Jūrmala Excellent Good → Excellent since 2024
  • DZINTARI · Jūrmala Excellent Excellent 4 seasons in a row
  • JAUNĶEMERI Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • KAUGURI Sufficient
  • LIELUPE · Piņķi Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • MAJORI · Jūrmala Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • MELLUŽI · Jūrmala Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • PUMPURI · Jūrmala Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • VAIVARI · Jūrmala Excellent Excellent 4 seasons in a row
  • VAKARBUĻĻI · Daugavgrīva Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
  • VECĀĶI · Daugavgrīva Excellent Excellent 9 seasons in a row
Lake 1 site · 100% Excellent
  • BĀBELĪTE · Mežciems Excellent Excellent 10 seasons in a row
River 7 sites · 42.9% Excellent

Compared with other regions in Latvia

#RegionSitesExcellentPoor
1Rīga2378.3%0
2Kurzeme1877.8%0

Regions with at least 15 official bathing waters. Size, water type and how densely sites are designated differ, so the table is context rather than a verdict.

Quick answers

How many bathing waters in Rīga were rated Excellent in 2025?
18 of 23 (78.3%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 1 were Good, 3 Sufficient and 0 Poor, and 1 had no class. That ranks Rīga 1 of 2 Latvia regions by Excellent share.
Which beaches in Rīga have the best long-term record?
9 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example BULDURI, DAUGAVGRĪVA, JAUNĶEMERI. See the ranking.
Which places in Rīga have the most official bathing waters?
Jūrmala (9, 100% Excellent), Daugavgrīva (3, 100% Excellent), Piņķi (2, 100% Excellent). See the place table; places are the nearest named settlement to each site.
Were any bathing waters in Rīga rated Poor?
No. None was classified Poor in 2025.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?
On Peldūdens (Health Inspectorate) (Health Inspectorate (Veselības inspekcija)). Temporary bans, pollution alerts and closures are published there and on signs at the water, not in the annual EEA class.

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Sources and method

Bathing-water records: European Environment Agency (EEA), data and coordinates reported by Latvia, licensed CC BY 4.0. Region and area boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024 (© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). A site belongs to the area that contains its reported coordinates; a site up to 10 km off the generalised coastline is placed in the nearest area of Latvia. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.