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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Quebec City 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 Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Riga for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • 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. Quebec City 18, Riga 40: Riga leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Riga 52: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Riga 66: Quebec City leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Riga 52: Riga leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Riga 55: Quebec City leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Riga 60: Riga leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Riga 50: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Riga 68: Riga leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City and Riga are level on 45.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Riga 62: Riga leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Riga 65: Riga leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Riga 50: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Riga.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Quebec City
53match

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

Riga
55match

Wins on beaches 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.

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 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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Quebec CityRiga

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CityRiga
Official languageFrench, EnglishLatvian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)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
Elevation98 m6 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CityRiga
City population574,482588,911
People per km²1,184-
Museums within 10 km1612
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.