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The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Riga or Stuttgart?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • day trips
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Riga leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Riga 52, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Riga 66, Stuttgart 62: Riga leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Riga 52, Stuttgart 42: Riga leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Riga 55, Stuttgart 60: Stuttgart leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Riga 60, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Riga 50, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Riga 68, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Riga 45, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Riga 62, Stuttgart 40: Riga leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Riga 65, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Riga 50, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Riga and Stuttgart.

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 beaches and prices with your weighting.

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on day trips and families 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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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RigaStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRigaStuttgart
Official languageLatvianGerman
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 m245 m
Main airportRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureRigaStuttgart
City population588,911609,365
People per km²-2,938
Museums within 10 km1242
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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.