There are 8 ways to get from Aktau to Riga by 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.
Fly to Riga International Airport
best- Fly from Aktau Airport (SCO) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane SCO - RIX
11h 8m$259–810Train
cheapest- Take the train from Mangystau to Shalkartrain
- Take the train from Shalkar to Skopintrain
- Take the train from Skopin to Molodechnotrain
- Take the train from Molodechno to Hudahajtrain
- Take the train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain
3d 12h$113–218Train, bus via Volgograd
- Take the train from Mangystau to Makattrain
- Take the train from Makat to Volgograd-1train 329 / ...
- Take the train from Volgograd 1 to Bologoe-Moskovskoetrain
- Take the train from Bologoe-Moskovskoe to Pskov Passtrain
- Take the bus from Pskov Bus station to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
3d 5hDrive 3,513.7 km
- Drive from Aktau to Rigacar 3,513.7 km
46h 48m$633–914Fly to Khrabrovo Airport, bus
- Fly from Aktau Airport (SCO) to Khrabrovo Airport (KGD)plane SCO - KGD
- Take the bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
20h 30m$175–854Fly to Princess Olga Pskov International, bus
- Fly from Aktau Airport (SCO) to Princess Olga Pskov International (PKV)plane SCO - PKV
- Take the bus from Pskov Bus station to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
20h 18mFly to Minsk National Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Aktau Airport (SCO) to Minsk National Airport (MSQ)plane SCO - MSQ
- Take the bus from Minsk Airport to Minsk stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotisbus
- Take the train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain
18h 31m$174–727Train, bus
- Take the train from Mangystau to Shalkartrain
- Take the train from Shalkar to Paveletsky Rail Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
3d 10h$126–216
Aktau Airport (SCO) to Riga International Airport (RIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Aktau to Riga is to train which costs $110 - $220 and takes 3 days 12h.
The fastest way to get from Aktau to Riga is to fly which takes 11h 8m and costs $250 - $850.
No, there is no direct train from Aktau to Riga. However, there are services departing from Mangystau and arriving at Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Shalkar, Skopin, Molodechno, Kena and Vilnius. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 12h.
The distance between Aktau and Riga is 2418 km. The road distance is 3513.7 km.
The best way to get from Aktau to Riga without a car is to train and bus via Volgograd which takes 3 days 5h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 8m to get from Aktau to Riga, including transfers.
Aktau to Riga train services, operated by Kazakhstan Railways (КТЖ), depart from Mangystau station.
The best way to get from Aktau to Riga is to fly which takes 11h 8m and costs $250 - $850. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $110 - $220 and takes 3 days 12h.
Riga is 2h behind Aktau. It is currently 4:11 AM in Aktau and 2:11 AM in Riga.
Aktau to Riga train services, operated by Kazakhstan Railways (КТЖ), arrive at Shalkar station.
What companies run services between Aktau, Kazakhstan and Riga, Latvia?
SCAT and Air Baltic fly from Aktau Airport (SCO) to Riga International Airport (RIX) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Aktau to Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Mangystau, Shalkar, Skopin, Molodechno, Hudahaj, Kena, and Vilnius in around 3d 12h.
- Website
- azimuth.aero
Flights from Aktau Airport to Princess Olga Pskov International via Baku Heydar Aliyev, Moscow Vnukovo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Aktau Airport to Princess Olga Pskov International via Atyrau, Sochi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Aktau Airport to Princess Olga Pskov International via Tbilisi, Moscow Vnukovo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Aktau Airport to Princess Olga Pskov International via Nur-Sultan, Moscow Vnukovo
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–850
Flights from Aktau Airport to Princess Olga Pskov International via Erevan, Moscow Vnukovo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Aktau Airport to Khrabrovo Airport via Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Aktau Airport to Minsk National Airport via Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- belavia.by
Flights from Aktau Airport to Minsk National Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Aktau Airport to Minsk National Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Aktau Airport to Minsk National Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Aktau Airport to Minsk National Airport via Kutaisi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Aktau Airport to Riga International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Aktau Airport to Riga International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Aktau Airport to Minsk National Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Mangystau to Makat
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- 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)
- $15–20
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $11–16
Train from Mangystau to Shalkar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- 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)
- $22–29
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $15–22
Train from Mangystau to Shalkar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- 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)
- $22–29
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $15–22
- Phone
- +992 (37) 227 21 77
- [email protected]
- Website
- railway.tj
Train from Makat to Volgograd-1
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Volgograd 1 to Bologoe-Moskovskoe
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $190–280
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $45–60
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $60–90
Train from Bologoe-Moskovskoe to Pskov Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $95–140
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $16–22
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $29–40
Train from Skopin to Molodechno
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $150–210
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $30–45
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $45–70
Train from Molodechno to Hudahaj
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–28
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $70–100
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $8–12
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $20–28
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
Train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- 1005
- [email protected]
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Shalkar to Paveletsky Rail Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $31–49
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Sleeper
- $31–33
- Coupe
- $45–49
- SV
- $85–95
Train from Shalkar to Skopin
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Sleeper
- $28–30
- Coupe
- $41–45
- SV
- $75–85
- Phone
- +996 (312) 30 02 09
- Website
- railway.kg
Train from Shalkar to Paveletsky Rail Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://railway.kg/?lang=en
- Book at
- https://ticket.railway.kg/
Train from Shalkar to Skopin
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://railway.kg/?lang=en
- Book at
- https://ticket.railway.kg/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- [email protected]
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Pskov Bus station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
Bus from Pskov Bus station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- [email protected]
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Pskov Bus station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
Bus from Pskov Bus station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Kaliningrad Bus station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–80
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Book at
- ecolines.ru
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- [email protected]
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Minsk Airport to Minsk station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–70
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +370 612 88 984
- [email protected]
- Website
- eurolines.lt
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–90
- Website
- https://www.eurolines.lt/en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Schedules at
- ecolines.by
- Book at
- ecolines.by
Bus from Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Book at
- ecolines.ru
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $21
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
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