Moving to Spain from Riga?

The climate you'd be trading for

Swap Riga for a typical Spanish city and, on the national picture, you're looking at about 9°C milder winters, 3 more hours of December daylight and about 7°C hotter summers. But "Spain" isn't one climate — it runs from the wet Atlantic northwest to the dry Mediterranean southeast, so the honest answer depends on where:

• Vigo Galicia · Atlantic

  vs Riga: about 9°C milder winters, 2.5 more hours of December daylight, about twice the rain and about 2°C hotter summers. mild, green and wet — Spain’s Atlantic northwest.

• Alacant Costa Blanca · Mediterranean

  vs Riga: about 11°C milder winters, 3 more hours of December daylight, about a third of the rain and about 8°C hotter summers. dry, warm and sunny — the Mediterranean southeast.

• Málaga Costa del Sol · Mediterranean

  vs Riga: about 12°C milder winters, 3 more hours of December daylight and about 8°C hotter summers. warm winters on the southern coast.

Climate deltas compare 1991–2020 normals for Riga (Meteostat) against the same 30-year measure for each Spanish anchor. Rounded to whole degrees and bucketed rain ratios on purpose — coarse enough that measurement noise can't flip the direction.

Getting back to Riga

Direct flights home run year-round from 4 Spanish airports:

• Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)
• Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)
• Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)
• Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)

Seasonal (mostly summer): Girona-Costa Brava (GRO), Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Tenerife Sur (TFS), Valencia (VLC).

Direct-route map from SpainScore's airport dataset (Spanish-departure scheduled routes). "Getting home easily" is one of the things the quiz can weight for you.