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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Marmaris 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 Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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. Marmaris 80, Riga 40: Marmaris leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Riga 52: Riga leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Riga 66: Riga leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Riga 52: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Riga 55: Marmaris leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Riga 60: Marmaris leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Riga 50: Marmaris leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Riga 68: Riga leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Riga 45: Riga leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Marmaris and Riga are level on 62.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Riga 65: Riga leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris and Riga are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Riga.

Your match

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

Marmaris
51match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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.

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
25 °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

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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. Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisRiga
Official languageTurkishLatvian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m6 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisRiga
City population97,818588,911
People per km²111-
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.