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Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Portofino 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 Portofino for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Riga for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • 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. Portofino 60, Riga 40: Portofino leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Portofino 36, Riga 52: Riga leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Portofino 22, Riga 66: Riga leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Portofino 14, Riga 52: Riga leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portofino 77, Riga 55: Portofino leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Portofino 76, Riga 60: Portofino leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Portofino 33, Riga 50: Riga leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Portofino 50, Riga 68: Riga leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Portofino 29, Riga 45: Riga leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Portofino 9, Riga 62: Riga leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portofino 7, Riga 65: Riga leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portofino 42, Riga 50: Riga leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portofino and Riga.

Your match

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

Portofino
38match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Riga
Best match
55match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortofinoRiga
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
Elevation20 m6 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePortofinoRiga
City population355588,911
People per km²142-
Museums within 10 km1412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.