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Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Orlando 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 Orlando for

  • families
  • shopping
  • beaches

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

Choose Riga for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Orlando 42, Riga 40: Orlando leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Orlando 48, Riga 52: Riga leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Orlando 22, Riga 66: Riga leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Orlando 40, Riga 52: Riga leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orlando 46, Riga 55: Riga leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Orlando 58, Riga 60: Riga leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Orlando 98, Riga 50: Orlando leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Orlando 8, Riga 68: Riga leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Orlando 58, Riga 45: Orlando leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Orlando 36, Riga 62: Riga leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orlando 40, Riga 65: Riga leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orlando 32, Riga 50: Riga leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orlando and Riga.

Your match

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

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Riga
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around 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.

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrlandoRiga
Official language-Latvian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation34 m6 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureOrlandoRiga
City population334,854588,911
People per km²1,086-
Museums within 10 km1112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. 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.

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.