There are 11 ways to get from Villach to Riga by shuttle, plane, train, bus, 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.
Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly
best- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane LJU - RIX
6h 45m$142–527Train to Vienna International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane VIE - RIX
8h 59m$89–437Train
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Centralnatrain Ec
- Take the train from Warszawa Centralna to Trakiszkitrain Ic
- Take the train from Trakiszki to Kaisiadorystrain
- Take the train from Kaisiadorys to Riga-Pasazierutrain 889
25h 33m$137–425Train, bus
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rj / ...
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1227
28h 59m$101–355Drive 1,631.6 km
- Drive from Villach to Rigacar 1,631.6 km
17h 7m$307–444Train to Graz Airport, fly
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbftrain
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane GRZ - RIX
9h 49m$228–561Fly from Klagenfurt Airport
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane KLU - RIX
9h 56m$142–577Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane MUC - RIX
9h 40m$133–649Train to Treviso Airport, fly
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Treviso Centraletrain
- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane TSF - RIX
8h 20m$142–343Bus
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)bus N456 / ...
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Riga, Bus Stationbus N1227
29h 10m$113–263Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 861 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Rīgabus 848104
32h 20m$132–207
Villach to Riga by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Villach to Riga is to bus via Prague which costs $130 - $210 and takes 32h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Villach to Riga is to shuttle and fly which takes 6h 45m and costs $140 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Villach to Riga station. However, there are services departing from Villach Hbf and arriving at Riga, Bus Station via Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Villach to Riga. However, there are services departing from Villach Hbf and arriving at Riga-Pasazieru via Wien Hbf, Warszawa Centralna, Trakiszki and Kaisiadorys. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 33m.
The distance between Villach and Riga is 1469 km. The road distance is 1631.6 km.
The best way to get from Villach to Riga without a car is to train which takes 25h 33m and costs $130 - $430.
It takes approximately 6h 45m to get from Villach to Riga, including transfers.
Villach to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Villach Hbf station.
Villach to Riga train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Villach Hbf station.
The best way to get from Villach to Riga is to train which takes 25h 33m and costs $130 - $430. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $140 - $600 and takes 9h 56m, you could also bus, which costs $110 - $270 and takes 29h 10m.
What companies run services between Villach, Austria and Riga, Latvia?
You can take a train from Villach Hbf to Riga-Pasazieru via Wien Hbf, Warszawa Centralna, Trakiszki, and Kaisiadorys in around 25h 33m. Alternatively, Austrian Airlines, Air Baltic, and Ryanair fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Riga International Airport (RIX) 3 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–270
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–210
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Vilnius
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Riga International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
Flights from Treviso Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–280
Flights from Treviso Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–280
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–430
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Riga International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Riga International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $60–95
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $30–50
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $35–55
Train from Villach Hbf to Treviso Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $40–60
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- $70–110
- First Class
- $130–180
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- $35–50
- First Class
- $65–85
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–60
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $23–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Centralna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $25–35
- 1st Class
- $30–40
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Trakiszki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $64
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Trakiszki to Kaisiadorys
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Kaisiadorys to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $46–52
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–303
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $297–303
- Couchette Carriage
- $140–170
- Seating Carriage
- $35–45
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–55
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $33–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $33–36
- Private
- $60–170
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Villach Hbf to Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Villach Hbf to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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More Questions & Answers
Villach to Riga bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) station.
Riga is 1h ahead of Villach. It is currently 9:38 PM in Villach and 10:38 PM in Riga.
Villach to Riga train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Villach to Riga is 1632 km. It takes approximately 17h 7m to drive from Villach to Riga.
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