There are 8 ways to get from Shanghai to Riga by plane, train, car, bus, or ferry
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riga International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane SHA - RIX
18h 49m$401–601Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riga International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane PVG - RIX
17h 6m$228–909Train, drive, bus
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jinghe Southtrain
- Drive from Jinghe South to Dostykcar
- Take the train from Dostyk to Astana Nurly Zholtrain
- Take the train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Paveletsky Rail Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
6d 19h$363–725Drive 9,097.9 km
- Drive from Shanghai to Rigacar 9,097.9 km
4d 12h$1,638–2,366Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Riga International Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane HGH - RIX
19h 39m$232–1,122Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Riga International Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane WUX - RIX
18h 52m$254–1,316Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Riga International Airport
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane NTG - RIX
22h 6m$273–1,120Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Helsinki Airport, ferry, bus
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane PVG - HEL
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinnferry
- Take the bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riiabus
22h 6m
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Riga International Airport (RIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Riga is to fly which costs $400 - $600 and takes 18h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Riga is to fly which takes 17h 6m and costs $220 - $950.
The distance between Shanghai and Riga is 7585 km. The road distance is 9097.9 km.
It takes approximately 18h 49m to get from Shanghai to Riga, including transfers.
Riga is 6h behind Shanghai. It is currently 3:24 PM in Shanghai and 9:24 AM in Riga.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Riga is 9098 km. It takes approximately 4 days 12h to drive from Shanghai to Riga.
There are 1914+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Riga, Latvia?
China Southern Airlines, Finnair, and five other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Riga International Airport (RIX) twice daily.
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riga International Airport via Beijing Capital, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riga International Airport via Beijing Capital, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riga International Airport via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riga International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riga International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–2,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riga International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,200
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riga International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riga International Airport via Beijing Capital, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riga International Airport via Beijing Capital, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riga International Airport via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riga International Airport via Xi An, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Riga International Airport via Beijing Capital, Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Riga International Airport via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riga International Airport via Beijing Daxing, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riga International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riga International Airport via Beijing Daxing, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riga International Airport via Beijing Daxing, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,300
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riga International Airport via Urumqi, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riga International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Riga International Airport via Xi An, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
- Website
- res.eliteairways.net
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riga International Airport via Urumqi, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $400–600
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Riga International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Riga International Airport via Beijing Capital, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Train from Shanghai station to Ürümqi
- Hard Seat
- $45–70
- Hard Sleeper
- $110–140
- Soft Sleeper
- $150–220
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- $6–10
- Hard Sleeper
- $7–11
- Soft Sleeper
- $18–25
Train from Ürümqi to Jinghe South
- Adult - second class
- $19–27
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Dostyk to Astana Nurly Zhol
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $26–35
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $18–25
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Paveletsky Rail Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $210–400
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $210–290
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $280–400
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $10–12
- 1st Class Seat
- $17–19
- Business Class Seat
- $24–35
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- 2nd Class Seat
- $8–10
- 1st Class Seat
- $13–15
- Business Class Seat
- $19–28
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–14
- Adult - 1st Class
- $13–19
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $9–13
- Adult - 1st Class
- $11–16
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- $3–5
- Hard sleeper
- $7–10
- Soft sleeper
- $12–16
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- $10–14
- 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/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- 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
- $23–40
- 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
- Estimated price
- $30–90
- 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
- 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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