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The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Riga or Toulouse?

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 Toulouse for

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Riga leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Riga 52, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Riga 66, Toulouse 64: Riga leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Riga 52, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Riga 55, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Riga 60, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Riga 50, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Riga 68, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Riga 45, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Riga 62, Toulouse 46: Riga leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Riga 65, Toulouse 58: Riga leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Riga 50, Toulouse 27: Riga leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Riga and Toulouse.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRigaToulouse
Official languageLatvianFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m115 m
Main airportRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureRigaToulouse
City population588,911514,819
People per km²-4,352
Museums within 10 km1224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.