There are 8 ways to get from Sweden to Riga by plane, car, car ferry, train, ferry, or bus
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 Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
best- Fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane ARN - RIX
3h 48m$61–177Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
cheapest- Fly from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (GOT) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane GOT - RIX
4h 14m$38–184Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Stockholm to Kapellskärcar
- Take the carferry from Kapellskär to Paldiskicarferry
- Drive from Paldiski to Rigacar
14h 54mTrain, car ferry
- Take the train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hässleholm Centralstationtrain 535 / ...
- Take the train from Hässleholm Centralstation to Karlshamn Stationtrain
- Take the carferry from Karlshamn to Klaipedacarferry
- Take the train from Klaipėda to Šiauliaitrain 782 / ...
- Take the train from Siauliai to Riga-Pasazierutrain 889
19h 32m$325–602Fly from Copenhagen Airport
- Fly from Copenhagen Airport (CPH) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane CPH - RIX
4h 18m$50–199Fly from Umeå Airport
- Fly from Umeå Airport (UME) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane UME - RIX
6h 32m$118–252Fly from Malmö Airport
- Fly from Malmö Airport (MMX) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane MMX - RIX
7h$128–500Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn stationtrain 43
- Take the ferry from Nynashamn farjeterminal to Ventspils Ferryferry 0
- Take the bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAObus
15h 17m$125–176
Sweden to Riga by train, taxi, ferry, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sweden to Riga is to fly which costs $35 - $190 and takes 4h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Sweden to Riga is to fly which takes 3h 48m and costs $60 - $180.
The distance between Sweden and Riga is 513 km.
The best way to get from Sweden to Riga without a car is to train and ferry and bus which takes 15h 17m and costs $120 - $180.
It takes approximately 3h 48m to get from Sweden to Riga, including transfers.
Riga is 1h ahead of Sweden. It is currently 8:07 AM in Sweden and 9:07 AM in Riga.
There are 2008+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between Sweden and Riga, Latvia?
Ryanair, Air Baltic, and Norwegian Air International fly from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN) to Riga International Airport (RIX) 4 times a day.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–80
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–310
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–180
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $45–180
Flights from Umeå Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Malmö Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–80
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from Umeå Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Malmö Airport to Riga International Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Malmö Airport to Riga International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $21–130
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $22–150
Flights from Copenhagen Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–150
Flights from Umeå Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Malmö Airport to Riga International Airport via Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $24–110
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport to Riga International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
Flights from Umeå Airport to Riga International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–390
Flights from Umeå Airport to Riga International Airport via Vaasa, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–390
- Phone
- +46 77 175 75 75
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hässleholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- Swedish Railways (SJ)
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- Snälltåget
Train from Stockholm Centralstation to Hässleholm Centralstation
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–160
- Website
- Snälltåget
- Phone
- +46 771 77 77 11
- bokningssupporten@oresundstag.se
- Website
- Öresundståg
Train from Hässleholm Centralstation to Karlshamn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–24
- Website
- Öresundståg
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Klaipėda to Šiauliai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Siauliai to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +46 8 600 10 00
- Website
- SL
Train from Stockholm City station to Nynäshamn station
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8
- Website
- SL
- Phone
- +371 63 629 904
- vreiss@ventspils.lv
- Website
- Pašvaldības SIA "Ventspils reiss"
Bus from Ventspils AO to Rīgas SAO
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- Pašvaldības SIA "Ventspils reiss"
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Karlshamn to Klaipeda
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–390
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Nynashamn farjeterminal to Ventspils Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- Stena Line
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