There are 10 ways to get from Romania to Riga by plane, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Bucharest Otopeni
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane OTP - RIX
5h 33m$82–292Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Doraly Expo Market to Dvirtsevyi Bus Stationbus Gns-02
- Take the bus from Dvirtsevyi Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Stationbus 8252
32h 25m$131–191Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Szolnoktrain Ir
- Take the train from Szolnok to Budapest-Nyugatitrain Ir / ...
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Warszawa Wschodniatrain Ec
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Riga-Pasazierutrain 889
42h 55m$159–192Drive 1,735.5 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Rigacar 1,735.5 km
24h 35m$313–452Fly from Cluj-Napoca
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane CLJ - RIX
6h 30m$116–296Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane BBU - RIX
8h 9m$133–373Bus to Chișinău International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Iasi Airport to Strășenibus
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane RMO - RIX
8h 32mTrain, train to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Arad to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Ferihegytrain
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane BUD - RIX
8h 21m$115–346Bus via Zhytomyr
- Take the bus from Bucharest Filaret Bus Station to Zhytomyrbus Bucharest
- Take the bus from Zhytomyr to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
42h 28m$117–180Train, bus
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Chisinautrain 402
- Take the bus from Chisinau, Gara Feroviara to Rīgabus
2d 12h$221–446
Romania to Riga by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Romania to Riga is to bus via Zhytomyr which costs $110 - $180 and takes 42h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Romania to Riga is to fly which takes 5h 33m and costs $80 - $300.
No, there is no direct bus from Romania to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Piata Rosetti and arriving at Riga Central Bus Station via Pasaj Colentina, Bucharest Doraly Expo Market and Dvirtsevyi Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from Romania to Riga. However, there are services departing from Universitate and arriving at Riga-Pasazieru via Bucuresti Nord, Szolnok, Budapest-Nyugati, Warszawa Wschodnia and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 55m.
The distance between Romania and Riga is 1412 km. The road distance is 1735.5 km.
The best way to get from Romania to Riga without a car is to bus which takes 32h 25m and costs $130 - $200.
It takes approximately 5h 33m to get from Romania to Riga, including transfers.
Romania to Riga bus services, operated by Gunsel, depart from Bucharest Doraly Expo Market station.
Romania to Riga train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
The best way to get from Romania to Riga is to fly which takes 5h 33m and costs $80 - $300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $130 - $200 and takes 32h 25m, you could also train, which costs $150 - $200 and takes 42h 55m.
What companies run services between Romania and Riga, Latvia?
Air Baltic, LOT, and Austrian Airlines fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Riga International Airport (RIX) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Piata Rosetti to Riga Central Bus Station via Pasaj Colentina, Doraly, Bucharest Doraly Expo Market, and Dvirtsevyi Bus Station in around 32h 25m.
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–290
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–310
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Riga International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–310
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–310
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–290
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–370
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–310
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Riga International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–360
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–290
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Riga International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–360
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Riga International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $64–69
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Arad to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–17
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Szolnok to Budapest-Nyugati
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–55
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilnius to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Szolnok to Ferihegy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- cfm@railway.md
- Website
- Moldovan Railways (CFM)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- Moldovan Railways (CFM)
- Phone
- +380 (93) 320-44-44
- help@gunsel.ua
- Website
- Gunsel
Bus from Bucharest Doraly Expo Market to Dvirtsevyi Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–80
- Website
- Gunsel
- Phone
- +37167210066
- info@latlines.lv
- Website
- latlines.lv
Bus from Dvirtsevyi Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Schedules at
- latlines.lv
- Phone
- +37360600488
- https://transmixt.md/
- Website
- transmixt.md
Bus from Iasi Airport to Strășeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- transmixt.md
- Book at
- transmixt.md
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- contact@galtrans.md
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Bucharest Filaret Bus Station to Zhytomyr
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- TransTempo
Bus from Zhytomyr to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- TransTempo
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- Express Busline
Bus from Chisinau, Gara Feroviara to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $200–410
- Website
- Express Busline
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More Questions & Answers
Romania to Riga bus services, operated by Gunsel, arrive at Dvirtsevyi Bus Station.
Romania to Riga train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Szolnok station.
Yes, the driving distance between Romania to Riga is 1736 km. It takes approximately 24h 35m to drive from Romania to Riga.
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