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Painted wooden houses under palms in Key West, Key West
Key WestPainted wooden houses under palms in Key West
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Key West by Dominik Gryzbon, Pexels License; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Key West 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 Key West for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Riga for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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. Key West 60, Riga 40: Key West leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Key West 45, Riga 52: Riga leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Key West 40, Riga 66: Riga leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Key West 62, Riga 52: Key West leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Key West 62, Riga 55: Key West leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Key West 28, Riga 60: Riga leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Key West 40, Riga 50: Riga leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Key West 62, Riga 68: Riga leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Key West 30, Riga 45: Riga leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Key West 15, Riga 62: Riga leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Key West 38, Riga 65: Riga leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Key West 40, Riga 50: Riga leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Key West and Riga.

Your match

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

Key West
44match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Riga
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Key West in July

32 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
30 °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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Where the figures come from

Key West's temperatures are measured 69 km from the centre, at Key West Airport.

Key West has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Key West: 1991-2020 normals, Key West Airport (69.1 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKey WestRiga
Official language-Latvian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation4 m6 m
Main airportKey West International Airport (EYW)2 km from centre24 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureKey WestRiga
City population26,444588,911
People per km²1,407-
Museums within 10 km712
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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.