There are 8 ways to get from Riga to Geneva by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane RIX - GVA
5h 16mCHF 70–190Bus, train via Berlin
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BERbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurttrain 82 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
29h 40mCHF 278–857Train, bus
- Take the train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to Kaišiadorystrain 12
- Take the train from Kaišiadorys to Marijampolėtrain 31
- Take the bus from Marijampolė to Magdeburgbus
- Take the train from Magdeburg Hbf to Basel SBBtrain 12
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
34h 17mCHF 276–648Drive 2,199.4 km
- Drive from Riga to Genevacar 2,199.4 km
21h 35mCHF 350–505Bus, train
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
35h 53mCHF 194–480Bus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus N1230
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Genevabus FlixBus N106 / ...
38hCHF 135–245Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminalbus 399
- Take the bus from Stuttgart to Basel, Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain Ic1 / ...
38h 6mDrive, car train
- Drive from Riga to Hamburg Altonacar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Lörrach Hbf to Genevacar
29h 21mCHF 311–1,078
Riga to Geneva by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Geneva is to fly which costs SFr 70 - SFr 190 and takes 5h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Geneva is to fly which takes 5h 16m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 190.
No, there is no direct bus from Riga station to Geneva. However, there are services departing from Riga, Bus Station and arriving at Geneva via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h.
The distance between Riga and Geneva is 1716 km. The road distance is 2199.4 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Geneva without a car is to bus and train via Berlin which takes 29h 40m and costs SFr 270 - SFr 900.
It takes approximately 5h 16m to get from Riga to Geneva, including transfers.
Riga to Geneva bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Riga, Bus Station.
The best way to get from Riga to Geneva is to fly which takes 5h 16m and costs SFr 70 - SFr 190. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 130 - SFr 250 and takes 38h.
Riga to Geneva bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Geneva is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 5:52 PM in Riga and 4:52 PM in Geneva.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Geneva, Switzerland?
Air Baltic, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Riga, Bus Station to Geneva via Munich central bus station in around 38h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
Flights from Riga International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–260
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–130
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Magdeburg Hbf to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Rīgas Centrālā stacija to Kaišiadorys
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaišiadorys to Marijampolė
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Altona to Lörrach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–750
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- CHF 340–400
- Car Compartment
- CHF 550–750
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BER
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Marijampolė to Magdeburg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–180
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- eco@ecolines.ru
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–55
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Book at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Stuttgart to Basel, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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