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The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Riga or Toronto?

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
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Toronto for

  • families
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Riga leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Riga 52, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Riga 66, Toronto 50: Riga leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Riga 52, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Riga 55, Toronto 52: Riga leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Riga 60, Toronto 50: Riga leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Riga 50, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Riga 68, Toronto 65: Riga leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Riga 45, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Riga 62, Toronto 34: Riga leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Riga 65, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Riga 50, Toronto 33: Riga leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Riga and Toronto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Riga
55match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRigaToronto
Official languageLatvianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m76 m
Main airportRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureRigaToronto
City population588,9112,794,356
People per km²-4,434
Museums within 10 km1232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

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