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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Florianopolis 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 Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Riga for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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. Florianopolis 85, Riga 40: Florianopolis leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Riga 52: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Riga 66: Riga leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Riga 52: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Riga 55: Florianopolis leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Riga 60: Riga leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Riga 50: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Riga 68: Riga leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Riga 45: Riga leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Riga 62: Riga leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Riga 65: Riga leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Riga 50: Riga leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Riga.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
52match

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

Riga
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 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. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisRiga
Official languagePortugueseLatvian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation3 m6 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisRiga
City population587,486588,911
People per km²870-
Museums within 10 km1112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.