There are 4 ways to get from Chicago to Riga by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Riga International Airport (RIX)ORD - RIX
14h 58m$432–755Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Riga International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Riga International Airport (RIX)MDW - RIX
16h 36m$272–905Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)ORD - TLL
- Take the bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
17h 54m$274–653Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vilnius Airport, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)ORD - VNO
- Take the train from Vilnius to Riga-Pasazieru
20h 7m$472–883
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Riga International Airport (RIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Riga is to fly and bus which costs $270 - $700 and takes 17h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Riga is to fly which takes 14h 58m and costs $430 - $800.
The distance between Chicago and Riga is 7359 km.
It takes approximately 14h 58m to get from Chicago to Riga, including transfers.
Riga is 8h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 6:26 PM in Chicago and 2:26 AM in Riga.
There are 1886+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Riga, Latvia?
United Airlines, Air Baltic, and six other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Riga International Airport (RIX) 5 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Riga International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Riga International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 36m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Riga International Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Riga International Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Riga International Airport via Boston, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–900
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Riga International Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Vilnius to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–28
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–41
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
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