There are 4 ways to get from Melbourne to Riga by plane, train, ferry, bus, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Riga International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane MEL - RIX
28h 37m$670–2,320Fly 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
37h 31m$547–2,149Fly to Vilnius Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane MEL - VNO
- Take the train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain
33h 35m$641–1,449Fly 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
34h 28m$669–2,050
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 - $1,500 and takes 33h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Riga is to fly which takes 28h 37m and costs $650 - $2,400.
The distance between Melbourne and Riga is 15285 km.
It takes approximately 28h 37m to get from Melbourne to Riga, including transfers.
Riga is 7h behind Melbourne. It is currently 4:42 AM in Melbourne and 9:42 PM in Riga.
There are 1948+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Riga, Latvia?
Emirates, Air Baltic, and three other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Riga International Airport (RIX) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 7m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Abu Dhabi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–4,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–3,300
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Doha, Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–2,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–4,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Delhi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Soekarno–Hatta, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,900
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once 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 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- 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
- $35–40
- Website
- https://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
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://busline.md/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
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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