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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Riga?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Cadiz’s own page.

Choose Riga for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Riga’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Cadiz 80, Riga 40: Cadiz leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Riga 52: Cadiz leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Riga 66: Riga leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Riga 52: Riga leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Riga 55: Cadiz leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Riga 60: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Riga 50: Cadiz leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Riga 68: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Riga 45: Riga leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Riga 62: Riga leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Riga 65: Riga leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Riga 50: Riga leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Riga.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Riga
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Riga in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CadizRiga

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizRiga
Official languageSpanishLatvian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m6 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCadizRiga
City population109,950588,911
People per km²9,087-
Museums within 10 km1112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.