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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hurghada 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 Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Riga for

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

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. Hurghada 84, Riga 40: Hurghada leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Riga 52: Riga leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Riga 66: Riga leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Riga 52: Riga leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Riga 55: Hurghada leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Riga 60: Riga leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Riga 50: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Riga 68: Riga leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Riga 45: Riga leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Hurghada 80, Riga 62: Hurghada leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Riga 65: Riga leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Riga 50: Riga leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Riga.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Riga
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Riga in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
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. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaRiga
Official languageArabicLatvian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m6 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaRiga
City population214,247588,911
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.