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Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Palm Beach by Khowald, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Riga for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Palm Beach 82, Riga 40: Palm Beach leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Palm Beach 47, Riga 52: Riga leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Palm Beach 45, Riga 66: Riga leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Palm Beach 32, Riga 52: Riga leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palm Beach 58, Riga 55: Palm Beach leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Palm Beach 55, Riga 60: Riga leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Palm Beach 62, Riga 50: Palm Beach leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Palm Beach 32, Riga 68: Riga leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Palm Beach 66, Riga 45: Palm Beach leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Palm Beach 12, Riga 62: Riga leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palm Beach 45, Riga 65: Riga leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palm Beach 55, Riga 50: Palm Beach leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palm Beach and Riga.

Your match

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

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Riga
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
29 °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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Palm BeachRiga

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalm BeachRiga
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
Elevation2 m6 m
Main airportPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePalm BeachRiga
City population9,245588,911
People per km²322-
Museums within 10 km412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.