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The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Riga or Seville?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Seville for

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Riga leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Riga 52, Seville 73: Seville leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Riga 66, Seville 82: Seville leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Riga 52, Seville 62: Seville leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Riga 55, Seville 52: Riga leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Riga 60, Seville 80: Seville leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Riga 50, Seville 55: Seville leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Riga 68, Seville 72: Seville leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Riga 45, Seville 55: Seville leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Riga 62, Seville 58: Riga leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Riga 65, Seville 68: Seville leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Riga 50, Seville 40: Riga leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Riga and Seville.

Your match

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

Riga
55match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and day trips 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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRigaSeville
Official languageLatvianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m18 m
Main airportRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureRigaSeville
City population588,911689,423
People per km²-4,896
Museums within 10 km1224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.