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The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Riga or Singapore?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Singapore for

  • families
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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 and Singapore are level on 40.
Food & drink. Riga 52, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Riga 66, Singapore 62: Riga leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Riga 52, Singapore 50: Riga leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Riga 55, Singapore 45: Riga leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Riga 60, Singapore 25: Riga leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Riga 50, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Riga 68, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Riga 45, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Riga 62, Singapore 25: Riga leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Riga 65, Singapore 50: Riga leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Riga 50, Singapore 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 Singapore.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Riga
55match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on families and food and drink 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

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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RigaSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRigaSingapore
Official languageLatvianEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation6 m21 m
Main airportRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureRigaSingapore
City population588,9115,866,139
People per km²-8,158
Museums within 10 km1240
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.