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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Riga for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • 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. Mumbai 18, Riga 40: Riga leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Riga 52: Mumbai leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Riga 66: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai and Riga are level on 52.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai and Riga are level on 55.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Riga 60: Riga leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Riga 50: Riga leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Riga 68: Riga leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Riga 45: Mumbai leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Riga 62: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Riga 65: Riga leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Riga 50: Riga leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Riga.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Riga
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiRiga
Official languageHindi, EnglishLatvian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation14 m6 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiRiga
City population15,414,288588,911
People per km²25,563-
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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). 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.