There are 3 ways to get from Chicago to Riga by plane or bus
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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)plane ORD - RIX
14h 31m$432–705Fly Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane ORD - TLL
- Take the bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
18h 23m$212–748Fly Chicago Midway International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Fly from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane MDW - RIX
18h 39m$302–1,005
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 $210 - $750 and takes 18h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Riga is to fly which takes 14h 31m and costs $430 - $750.
The distance between Chicago and Riga is 7359 km.
It takes approximately 14h 31m to get from Chicago to Riga, including transfers.
Riga is 8h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 2:51 PM in Chicago and 10:51 PM in Riga.
There are 1887+ 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) 4 times a day.
- 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, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Riga International Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- 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, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Riga International Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Riga International Airport via Boston, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–700
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- 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
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–27
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=en
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $36–40
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Tallinn Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
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