Europe
Latvia
Capital Riga · 2M people · Euro
- Top cities
- 517KRiga
- 51KDaugavpils
- 85KLiepāja
- 62KJelgava
- 54KJūrmala
Photo by Milan Zmátlo on Unsplash
- SafetySafe3.6/5
- MobilityDecent2.8/5
- CultureGood3.6/5
- ClimateVariable-22–30°
Top cities
- Riga517K residents
- Daugavpils51K residents
- Liepāja85K residents
- Jelgava62K residents
- Jūrmala54K residents
Source: GeoNames
Safety in Latvia
Nothing here stands out as a concern.
Latvia's 3.6/5 safety score (across 1 scored city).
Every hazard measured across Latvia sits in a normal range.
Good to know — a calm national average can hide neighbourhood-level crime — research the specific district you would live in. Learn how we measure this →
Getting around Latvia
Mobility in Latvia runs middling overall across its cities.
Latvia's 2.8/5 mobility score (across 1 scored city).
Across 1 city, getting around stays within a narrow band — no single city is a real outlier.
Good to know — strong airport access can coexist with weak everyday transit — check the mode you would actually use. Learn how we measure this →
Culture in Latvia
Latvia has a strong cultural scene across its cities.
Latvia's 3.6/5 culture score (across 1 scored city).
Across 1 city, cultural life stays broadly present — no single city stands far apart.
1997UNESCO ↗- Cultural
- Artistic masterpiece
2023UNESCO ↗- Cultural
- Living landscape
2005UNESCO ↗- Cultural
- Cultural crossroads
Good to know — a strong national culture score can be carried by one or two big cities — check the specific city, not only the country average. Learn how we measure this →
Airports in Latvia
Riga International Airport is Latvia's busiest gateway.
Latvia is quieter than 67 of 87 countries worldwide. It sees ~4 air passengers per resident a year — a derived figure, not itself ranked.
1 major airport handles about 7.1M passengers a year. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.
Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →
Passport strength in Latvia
Latvia's passport ranks #13 worldwide — 166 destinations visa-free.
This is the passport you’d gain by naturalizing here — a long-horizon payoff measured in years of residency, not a signal for the move itself.
- Mobility
- #13166 destinations
- GDP reach
- #3391.4% of world GDP
- Heritage
- #251,103 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →
Climate in Latvia
Big seasonal swings — hot summers, hard winters.
Where most people in Latvia live, it's typically -22° to 30° feels-like across the year; sunshine is moderate, topping out near 160 days in Ventspils.
Feels-like °C — where most people live, vs the city-to-city spread
Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →
Who thrives in Latvia
A handful of lifestyles thrive in Latvia.
Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Clean Air Seeker leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.
Great fit
Decent fit
Poor fit
Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →