There are 5 ways to get from Melbourne to Riga by plane, train, shuttle, ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane MEL - RIX
26h 57m$663–1,313Fly Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Palanga International Airport (PLQ)plane MEL - PLQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Klaipėda to Rīga Lidosta Airport
35h 31m$541–1,343Fly Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane MEL - VNO
- Take the train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Rīgastrain
31h 51m$634–1,141Fly Essendon Fields Airport to Riga International Airport
- Fly from Essendon Fields Airport (MEB) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane MEB - RIX
36h 59m$704–2,204Fly Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport, ferry, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane MEL - HEL
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Take the bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riiabus
35h 7m$594–1,359
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Riga International Airport (RIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Riga is to fly and train which costs $600 - $1,200 and takes 31h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Riga is to fly which takes 26h 57m and costs $650 - $1,400.
The distance between Melbourne and Riga is 15285 km.
It takes approximately 26h 57m to get from Melbourne to Riga, including transfers.
Riga is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 8:15 AM in Melbourne and 11:15 PM in Riga.
There are 1878+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Riga, Latvia?
Emirates, Air Baltic, and Flydubai fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Riga International Airport (RIX) once daily.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Riga International Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 27m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Riga International Airport via Flinders Island, Launceston, Melbourne Airport, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–5,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Dubai, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Abu Dhabi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Riga International Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Delhi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Riga International Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Riga International Airport via Flinders Island, Launceston, Melbourne Airport, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Essendon Fields Airport to Riga International Airport via King Island, Melbourne Airport, Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Dubai, Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,900
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–5,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,100
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis to Rīgas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +370 686 94403
- Website
- keleiviu.lt
Shuttle from Klaipėda to Rīga Lidosta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- keleiviu.lt
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- 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
- $36–41
- 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/
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–90
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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