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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Luxor 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 Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Riga for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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. Luxor 6, Riga 40: Riga leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Riga 52: Riga leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Riga 66: Luxor leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Riga 52: Riga leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Riga 55: Riga leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Riga 60: Luxor leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Riga 50: Riga leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Riga 68: Riga leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Riga 45: Riga leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Riga 62: Luxor leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Riga 65: Riga leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Riga 50: Riga leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Riga.

Your match

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

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Riga
Best match
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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

Luxor 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. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorRiga
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
Elevation89 m6 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days-

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorRiga
City population202,232588,911
People per km²486-
Museums within 10 km412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). 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. 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. 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.