There are 6 ways to get from Cairns to Riga by plane, bus, shuttle, train, or ferry
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 Cairns (CNS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane CNS - RIX
29h 8m$695–2,252Fly to Lennart Meri International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane CNS - TLL
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
33h 12m$651–2,049Fly to Palanga International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Palanga International Airport (PLQ)plane CNS - PLQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Klaipėda to Rīga Lidosta Airport
32h 12m$1,236–8,996Fly to Tartu Ülenurme Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY)plane CNS - TAY
- Take the bus from Lennujaam to Elvabus
- Take the train from Elva to Riga-Pasazierutrain
41h 32m$946–3,049Fly to Vilnius Airport, train
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane CNS - VNO
- Take the train from Vilnius to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain
35h 21m$724–2,299Fly to Helsinki Airport, ferry, bus
- Fly from Cairns (CNS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane CNS - HEL
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
35h 59m$687–2,131
Cairns (CNS) to Riga International Airport (RIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cairns to Riga is to fly and bus which costs $650 - $2,100 and takes 33h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Cairns to Riga is to fly which takes 29h 8m and costs $650 - $2,300.
The distance between Cairns and Riga is 13493 km.
It takes approximately 29h 8m to get from Cairns to Riga, including transfers.
Riga is 7h behind Cairns. It is currently 11:56 AM in Cairns and 4:56 AM in Riga.
There are 2247+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between Cairns, QLD, Australia and Riga, Latvia?
Jetstar, Finnair, and three other airlines fly from Cairns (CNS) to Riga International Airport (RIX) 3 times a day.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Cairns to Riga International Airport via Osaka Kansai, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Cairns to Riga International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Cairns to Lennart Meri International Airport via Osaka Kansai, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Cairns to Lennart Meri International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Cairns to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Osaka Kansai, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Cairns to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Cairns to Vilnius Airport via Osaka Kansai, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Cairns to Vilnius Airport via Tokyo Narita, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Cairns to Helsinki Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Cairns to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Cairns to Helsinki Airport via Port Moresby, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Cairns to Riga International Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,500
Flights from Cairns to Vilnius Airport via Ngurah Rai, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Cairns to Riga International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,700
Flights from Cairns to Vilnius Airport via Tokyo Narita, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Cairns to Palanga International Airport via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–9,000
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Cairns to Palanga International Airport via Singapore Changi, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–10,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cairns to Vilnius Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Elva to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–18
- 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
- +372 616 0245
- [email protected]
- Website
- elron.ee
Train from Elva to Riga-Pasazieru
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–24
- Website
- https://elron.ee/en
- Express Train Ticket
- $17–24
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- [email protected]
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- [email protected]
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $34–39
- Website
- https://transtempo.ua/
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $34–39
- Website
- https://transtempo.ua/
- Phone
- +370 686 94403
- Website
- keleiviu.lt
Shuttle from Klaipėda to Rīga Lidosta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- keleiviu.lt
- Phone
- +372 627 9080
- [email protected]
- Website
- hansabuss.ee
Bus from Lennujaam to Elva
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://hansabuss.ee/en/
- Schedules at
- https://hansabuss.ee/en/liinireisid/commercial-lines/
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Schedules at
- https://www.eckeroline.com/
- Economy
- $23–35
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