There are 4 ways to get from Melbourne to Latvia by plane, bus, train, or ferry
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Fly to Riga International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane MEL - RIX
27h 3m$771–1,321Fly to Helsinki Airport, ferry, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane MEL - HEL
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
35h 21m$734–1,412Fly to Palanga International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Palanga International Airport (PLQ)plane MEL - PLQ
- Take the bus from Palangos AS; 15 aikštelė to Liepajabus
31h 4m$781–2,137Fly to Vilnius Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane MEL - VNO
- Take the train from Vilnius to Jelgavatrain
31h 43m$739–1,346
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Riga International Airport (RIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Latvia is to fly and ferry and bus which costs $700 - $1,500 and takes 35h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Latvia is to fly which takes 27h 3m and costs $750 - $1,400.
The distance between Melbourne and Latvia is 15287 km.
It takes approximately 27h 3m to get from Melbourne to Latvia, including transfers.
Latvia is 7h behind Melbourne. It is currently 6:33 AM in Melbourne and 11:33 PM in Latvia.
There are 2242+ hotels available in Latvia.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Latvia?
Emirates, Air Baltic, and four other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Riga International Airport (RIX) 4 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Singapore Changi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–7,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Abu Dhabi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Doha, Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Doha, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Palanga International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,000
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Riga International Airport via Doha, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Vilnius Airport via Delhi, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Helsinki Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- ltglink.lt
Train from Vilnius to Jelgava
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–23
- Website
- https://ltglink.lt/en
- Phone
- +371 634 87070
- [email protected]
- Website
- liepajasture.lv
Bus from Palangos AS; 15 aikštelė to Liepaja
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Schedules at
- liepajasture.lv
- 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
- $30–50
- 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/
- 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/
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- https://www.eckeroline.com/
- Economy
- $23–35
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