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The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk
Narikala Fortress above the old town, Tbilisi
TbilisiNarikala Fortress above the old town

Photos: Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tbilisi by ArtHouse Studio, Pexels License.

Riga or Tbilisi?

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
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tbilisi for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tbilisi’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, Tbilisi 7: Riga leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Riga 52, Tbilisi 72: Tbilisi leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Riga 66, Tbilisi 62: Riga leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Riga 52, Tbilisi 70: Tbilisi leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Riga 55, Tbilisi 58: Tbilisi leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Riga 60, Tbilisi 77: Tbilisi leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Riga 50, Tbilisi 45: Riga leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Riga 68, Tbilisi 52: Riga leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Riga 45, Tbilisi 42: Riga leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Riga 62, Tbilisi 80: Tbilisi leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Riga 65, Tbilisi 57: Riga leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Riga 50, Tbilisi 66: Tbilisi leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Riga and Tbilisi.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Tbilisi
57match

Wins on food and drink 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
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Tbilisi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
34 mmrain in the month
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). Tbilisi: 1991-2020 normals, Tbilisi (13.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRigaTbilisi
Official languageLatvianGeorgian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lari (GEL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m575 m
Main airportRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinationsTbilisi International Airport (TBS)15 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasureRigaTbilisi
City population588,9111,331,485
People per km²-1,849
Museums within 10 km1229
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.