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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Riga for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Delhi 4, Riga 40: Riga leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Riga 52: Delhi leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Riga 66: Delhi leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Riga 52: Riga leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Riga 55: Riga leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Riga 60: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Riga 50: Riga leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Riga 68: Riga leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Riga 45: Delhi leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Riga 62: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Riga 65: Riga leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Riga 50: Riga leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Riga.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Delhi
53match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Riga
55match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiRiga
Official languageHindi, EnglishLatvian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m6 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiRiga
City population26,495,000588,911
People per km²18,962-
Museums within 10 km2312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.