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Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Naples 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 Naples for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Riga for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

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. Naples 50, Riga 40: Naples leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Naples 83, Riga 52: Naples leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Naples 87, Riga 66: Naples leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Naples 60, Riga 52: Naples leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Naples 77, Riga 55: Naples leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Naples 96, Riga 60: Naples leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Naples 45, Riga 50: Riga leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Naples 54, Riga 68: Riga leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Naples 60, Riga 45: Naples leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Naples 63, Riga 62: Naples leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Naples 66, Riga 65: Naples leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Naples 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: Naples and Riga.

Your match

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

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and food and drink with your weighting.

Riga
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.

Naples in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Naples 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.

Naples's sunshine is measured 28 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNaplesRiga
Official languageItalianLatvian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation17 m6 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNaplesRiga
City population913,462588,911
People per km²7,676-
Museums within 10 km6512
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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.