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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Nice 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 Nice for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Riga for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

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. Nice 75, Riga 40: Nice leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Riga 52: Nice leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Riga 66: Riga leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Riga 52: Riga leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Riga 55: Nice leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Riga 60: Nice leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Riga 50: Nice leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Riga 68: Nice leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Riga 45: Nice leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Riga 62: Riga leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Riga 65: Riga leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 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: Nice and Riga.

Your match

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

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Riga
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceRiga
Official languageFrenchLatvian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m6 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNiceRiga
City population357,737588,911
People per km²4,975-
Museums within 10 km1712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.