There are 8 ways to get from Kalmar to Riga by plane, train, car ferry, ferry, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Kalmar Öland Airport
best- Fly from Kalmar Öland Airport (KLR) to Riga International Airport (RIX)KLR - RIX
8h 48m$75–290Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Hässleholm Centralstation
- Take the train from Hässleholm Centralstation to Bromölla station
- Take the car ferry from Karlshamn to Klaipeda
- Take the train from Klaipėda to Šiauliai16 / ...
- Take the train from Siauliai to Riga-Pasazieru215 / ...
17h 45m$176–387Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Alvesta station
- Take the train from Alvesta station to Stockholm Centralstation
- Take the train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn station
- Take the ferry from Nynäshamn (Stena Line) to Ventspils Ferry Terminal0
- Take the bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAO
20h$95–280Drive 2,017 km
- Drive from Kalmar to Riga2,017 km
23h 30m$378–546Train to Copenhagen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Copenhagen Airport
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Riga International Airport (RIX)CPH - RIX
8h 8m$104–252Train, train to Ronneby Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Emmaboda tågstation
- Take the train from Emmaboda tågstation to Bergåsa station
- Fly from Ronneby Airport (RNB) to Riga International Airport (RIX)RNB - RIX
12h 24m$101–355Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Oskarshamn station160 / ...
- Take the ferry from Oskarshamn Gotlandsterminalen to Visby hamnterminalDg
- Take the ferry from Visby hamnterminal to Nynäshamn (Stena Line)Dg
- Take the ferry from Nynäshamn (Stena Line) to Ventspils Ferry Terminal0
- Take the bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAO
23h 6m$100–171Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Kalmar Centralstation to Stockholm, Cityterminalen200 / ...
- Take the car ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Riga, Bus Station
29h 42m$201–515
Kalmar to Riga by train, taxi, ferry, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kalmar to Riga is to bus and ferry which costs $100 - $180 and takes 23h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Kalmar to Riga is to train and fly which takes 8h 8m and costs $100 - $260.
The distance between Kalmar and Riga is 484 km. The road distance is 2017 km.
The best way to get from Kalmar to Riga without a car is to train and ferry and bus which takes 20h and costs $95 - $280.
It takes approximately 8h 48m to get from Kalmar to Riga, including transfers.
Riga is 1h ahead of Kalmar. It is currently 11:02 PM in Kalmar and 12:02 AM in Riga.
Yes, the driving distance between Kalmar to Riga is 2017 km. It takes approximately 23h 30m to drive from Kalmar to Riga.
There are 1886+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between Kalmar, Sweden and Riga, Latvia?
Scandinavian Airlines and Air Baltic fly from Kalmar Öland Airport (KLR) to Riga International Airport (RIX) 3 times a week.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Kalmar Öland Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–290
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–260
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–260
Flights from Ronneby Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–340
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–90
Flights from Ronneby Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–450
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–160
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Ronneby Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–320
- Phone
- +46 771-77 77 1
- bokningssupporten@oresundstag.se
- Website
- oresundstag.se
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Hässleholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
Train from Hässleholm Centralstation to Bromölla station
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Alvesta station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–25
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Emmaboda tågstation
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–11
- Website
- https://www.oresundstag.se/en
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Klaipėda to Šiauliai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Siauliai to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- kundservice@sj.se
- Website
- sj.se
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Alvesta station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Alvesta station to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Emmaboda tågstation
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–13
- Website
- https://www.sj.se/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Alvesta station to Stockholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +46 8 600 10 00
- Website
- sl.se
Train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Website
- https://sl.se/en/in-english
- Phone
- 073-074 89 81
- HittegodsK@krosa.tagkompaniet.se
- Website
- krosatagen.se
Train from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Emmaboda tågstation
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–11
- Website
- https://www.krosatagen.se/english/
Train from Emmaboda tågstation to Bergåsa station
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–7
- Website
- https://www.krosatagen.se/english/
- Phone
- +371 63 629 904
- vreiss@ventspils.lv
- Website
- ventspilsreiss.lv
Bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- ventspilsreiss.lv
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +46 10 212 10 00
- Website
- kalmarlanstrafik.se
Bus from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Oskarshamn station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- Kalmar länstrafik
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Oskarshamn station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +47 407 05070
- buss@vy.no
- Website
- vybuss.no
Bus from Kalmar, Järnvägstation to Oskarshamn station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–19
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
Bus from Kalmar Centralstation to Stockholm, Cityterminalen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- https://www.vybuss.com/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Karlshamn to Klaipeda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Nynäshamn (Stena Line) to Ventspils Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–75
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +46 77 122 33 00
- Website
- destinationgotland.se
Ferry from Oskarshamn Gotlandsterminalen to Visby hamnterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29
- Website
- Destination Gotland
Ferry from Visby hamnterminal to Nynäshamn (Stena Line)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29
- Website
- Destination Gotland
Car ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–380
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
- Adult
- $120–200
- Vehicle
- $270–380
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