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
27h 22m$670–1,320Fly 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
35h 31m$548–1,450Fly 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
32h 45m$641–1,149Fly 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 59m
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 32h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Riga is to fly which takes 27h 22m and costs $650 - $1,400.
The distance between Melbourne and Riga is 15285 km.
It takes approximately 27h 22m to get from Melbourne to Riga, including transfers.
Riga is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 9:51 PM in Melbourne and 12:51 PM in Riga.
There are 1877+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Riga, Latvia?
Emirates, Air Baltic, and four other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Riga International Airport (RIX) twice daily.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–4,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Delhi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Delhi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- 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
- $420–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–4,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Dubai, Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,800
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–1,200
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- 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
- $23–35
- 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
- $12–25
- 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
- $22–40
- 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
- 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/
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=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
- Website
- en.tallink.com
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- en.tallink.com
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