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The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Riga or Salvador?

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 Riga for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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. Riga 40, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Riga 52, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Riga 66, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Riga 52, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Riga 55, Salvador 52: Riga leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Riga 60, Salvador 56: Riga leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Riga 50, Salvador 42: Riga leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Riga 68, Salvador 42: Riga leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Riga 45, Salvador 42: Riga leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Riga 62, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Riga 65, Salvador 63: Riga leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Riga 50, Salvador 32: Riga leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Riga and Salvador.

Your match

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

Riga
55match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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. Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRigaSalvador
Official languageLatvianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation6 m8 m
Main airportRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureRigaSalvador
City population588,9112,417,678
People per km²-3,489
Museums within 10 km1249
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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. 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. 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.