There are 11 ways to get from Riga to Lugano by plane, train, bus, 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 to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane RIX - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 27mCHF 65–184Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane RIX - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
7h 54mCHF 52–228Bus, train
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Berlin Airport BERbus
- Take the train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurttrain 11 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain 20 / ...
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
30h 21mCHF 154–474Drive 2,073.8 km
- Drive from Riga to Luganocar 2,073.8 km
20h 23mCHF 331–477Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RIX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
7h 39mCHF 130–301Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane RIX - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
9h 24mCHF 90–242Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Riia to Ostravabus
- Take the train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ic2 / ...
32h 58mBus
- Take the bus from Riga, Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus N1230
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Luganobus N76 / ...
34h 20mCHF 81–192Bus, 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 Airport Bus Terminal SAB to Winterthur Lagerhausstrassebus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ic2 / ...
36h 56mCHF 236–354Bus, train #3
- Take the bus from Rīga to Stuttgart Airportbus
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Singentrain 87
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain Ic
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain Ic2 / ...
38h 16mCHF 136–281Drive, car train
- Drive from Riga to Hamburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Hamburg Hbf to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Luganocar
24h 52mCHF 340–1,118
Riga to Lugano by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riga to Lugano is to fly and train which costs SFr 60 - SFr 190 and takes 7h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Riga to Lugano is to fly and train which takes 7h 27m and costs SFr 60 - SFr 190.
No, there is no direct bus from Riga station to Lugano. However, there are services departing from Riga, Bus Station and arriving at Lugano via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 20m.
The distance between Riga and Lugano is 1725 km. The road distance is 2073.8 km.
The best way to get from Riga to Lugano without a car is to bus and train which takes 30h 21m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 480.
It takes approximately 7h 27m to get from Riga to Lugano, including transfers.
Riga to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Riga, Bus Station.
Riga to Lugano bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Lugano is 1h behind Riga. It is currently 11:51 AM in Riga and 10:51 AM in Lugano.
Yes, the driving distance between Riga to Lugano is 2074 km. It takes approximately 20h 23m to drive from Riga to Lugano.
What companies run services between Riga, Latvia and Lugano, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Riga, Bus Station to Lugano via Munich central bus station in around 34h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–210
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–250
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–150
Flights from Riga International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–190
Flights from Riga International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–190
Flights from Riga International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–190
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–280
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–220
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–200
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–210
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–240
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from S Südkreuz Bhf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–24
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–19
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- CHF 11–16
- 1st Class
- CHF 15–19
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Ostrava Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–40
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
Train from Wien Hbf to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- CHF 95–150
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–24
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hamburg Hbf to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–750
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- CHF 370–410
- Car Compartment
- CHF 650–750
- 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 55–150
- 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 60–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- flixbus.pl
Bus from Riia to Ostrava
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- flixbus.pl
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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 58
- 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
- +39 080 3112335
- info@marinobus.it
- Website
- marinobus.it
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Bus Terminal SAB to Winterthur Lagerhausstrasse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–27
- Website
- https://marinobus.it/en/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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