There are 12 ways to get from Moldova to Latvia by car, plane, bus, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Drive to Iași International Airport, fly to Riga International Airport
best- Drive from Ungheni to Ungheni Prutcar
- Fly from Iași International Airport (IAS) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane IAS - RIX
9h 42m$123–398Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Chișinău, North Bus Station to Kaunas, Lithuaniabus
- Take the bus from Kauno autobusų stotis to Panevėžio autobusų stotisbus
- Take the bus from Panevezys Central Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
24h 54m$75–163Bus, train
- Take the bus from Chișinău, North Bus Station to Kaunas, Lithuaniabus Chișinău/Kaunas
- Take the train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain 889/890
24h 6m$123–196Train
- Take the train from Chisinau to Kyiv-Pas.train 352
- Take the train from Kyiv-Pas. to Warszawa Wschodniatrain 67
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Kaunastrain
- Take the train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas Centrālā stacijatrain
46h 14m$160–218Drive 1,483.7 km
- Drive from Chișinău to Rigacar 1,483.7 km
22h 3m$268–386Fly Chișinău International Airport to Palanga International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Palanga International Airport (PLQ)plane RMO - PLQ
- Take the bus from Palangos AS; 15 aikštelė to Liepajabus
14h 34m$221–567Fly Chișinău International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane RMO - TLL
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
12h 27m$165–383Fly Chișinău International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane RMO - RIX
5h 22m$91–342Fly Chișinău International Airport to Vilnius Airport, train
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Vilnius Airport (VNO)plane RMO - VNO
- Take the train from Vilnius to Jelgavatrain
11h 54m$158–376Drive, shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Riga International Airport
- Drive from Ungheni to Ungheni Prutcar
- Take a shuttle bus from Iaşi to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane OTP - RIX
11h 11m$132–421Bus via Zhytomyr
- Take the bus from Chisinau Airport to Orheibus
- Take the bus from Orhei to Zhytomyrbus
- Take the bus from Zhytomyr to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
32h 34m$141–226Bus #2
- Take the bus from Chisinau, Gara Feroviara to Rīgabus
44h 50m$190–420
Moldova to Latvia by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Moldova to Latvia is to bus which costs $75 - $170 and takes 24h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Moldova to Latvia is to fly which takes 5h 22m and costs $90 - $350.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Chisinau, Gara Feroviara and arriving at Rīga. Services depart twice a week, and operate Wednesday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 44h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Moldova to Latvia. However, there are services departing from Chisinau and arriving at Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Kyiv-Pas., Warszawa Wschodnia, Kaunas and Kaišiadorys. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 14m.
The distance between Moldova and Latvia is 1196 km. The road distance is 1483.7 km.
The best way to get from Moldova to Latvia without a car is to bus and train which takes 24h 6m and costs $120 - $200.
It takes approximately 9h 42m to get from Moldova to Latvia, including transfers.
Moldova to Latvia bus services, operated by Bon Voyage, depart from Chișinău, North Bus Station.
Moldova to Latvia train services, operated by Ukrainian Railways (UZ), depart from Chisinau station.
The best way to get from Moldova to Latvia is to train which takes 46h 14m and costs $160 - $220. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $90 - $350 and takes 5h 22m, you could also bus, which costs $75 - $170 and takes 24h 54m.
What companies run services between Moldova and Latvia?
You can take a train from Chisinau to Rīgas Centrālā stacija via Kyiv-Pas., Warszawa Wschodnia, Kaunas, and Kaišiadorys in around 46h 14m. Alternatively, Air Baltic flies from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Riga International Airport (RIX) once a week.
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Iași International Airport to Riga International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Palanga International Airport via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–490
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Palanga International Airport via Vienna, Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $240–490
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–420
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–360
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $210–350
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–390
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–330
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–390
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Iași International Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–330
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Iași International Airport to Riga International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–400
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Palanga International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–650
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–350
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Iași International Airport to Riga International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–390
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Palanga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Vilnius Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $95–320
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Kaišiadorys to Rīgas Centrālā stacija
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Vilnius to Jelgava
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–22
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +38 (044) 309-70-01
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
Train from Chisinau to Kyiv-Pas.
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
- Schedules at
- Ukrainian Railways
- Book at
- Tickets.ua
- Coupe
- $55–80
Train from Kyiv-Pas. to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–80
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
- Schedules at
- Ukrainian Railways
- Book at
- Tickets.ua
- Coupe
- $60–80
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- [email protected]
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Chișinău, North Bus Station to Kaunas, Lithuania
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $56–112
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- $112
- Children
- $56
Bus from Chișinău, North Bus Station to Kaunas, Lithuania
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $56–112
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- $112
- Children
- $56
- 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
- $9–14
- Schedules at
- liepajasture.lv
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Panevezys Central Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lux Express
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- Lux Express
Bus from Kauno autobusų stotis to Panevėžio autobusų stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- Lux Express
Bus from Panevezys Central Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- Lux Express
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransTempo
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $34–39
- Website
- TransTempo
Bus from Zhytomyr to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- TransTempo
- Phone
- 0371.503.503
- [email protected]
- Website
- direct-aeroport.ro
Shuttle from Iaşi to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.ro
- Phone
- (+370 37) 34 24 40
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kautra
Bus from Kauno autobusų stotis to Panevėžio autobusų stotis
Bus from Panevezys Central Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kauno autobusų stotis to Panevėžio autobusų stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
Bus from Panevezys Central Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–22
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- [email protected]
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Chisinau Airport to Orhei
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
Bus from Orhei to Zhytomyr
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- [email protected]
- Website
- Express Busline
Bus from Chisinau, Gara Feroviara to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $190–420
- Website
- Express Busline
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Moldova to Latvia bus services, operated by Bon Voyage, arrive at Kaunas, Lithuania station.
Moldova to Latvia train services, operated by Ukrainian Railways (UZ), arrive at Kyiv-Pas. station.
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