There are 4 ways to get from San Francisco to Riga by plane, train, or bus
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Riga International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane SFO - RIX
15h 20m$311–963Fly Oakland International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane OAK - RIX
19h 59m$377–1,209Caltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Riga International Airport
- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane SJC - RIX
19h 49m$363–1,115Fly San Francisco International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane SFO - TLL
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
21h 28m$325–904
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Riga International Airport (RIX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Riga is to fly and bus which costs $320 - $950 and takes 21h 28m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Riga is to fly which takes 15h 20m and costs $310 - $1,000.
The distance between San Francisco and Riga is 9069 km.
It takes approximately 15h 20m to get from San Francisco to Riga, including transfers.
Riga is 10h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 7:58 AM in San Francisco and 5:58 PM in Riga.
There are 2239+ hotels available in Riga.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Riga, Latvia?
Scandinavian Airlines, KLM, and six other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Riga International Airport (RIX) 5 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Riga International Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Riga International Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Riga International Airport via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Riga International Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Riga International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Riga International Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Riga International Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Riga International Airport via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Riga International Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Riga International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Riga International Airport via Seattle, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Riga International Airport via Seattle, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Riga International Airport via Minneapolis, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Riga International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Riga International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Riga International Airport via Seattle, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Riga International Airport via Seattle, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Riga International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Riga International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Riga International Airport via Seattle, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Riga International Airport via Seattle, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Riga International Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
- 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
- $30–55
- 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
- $24–45
- 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/
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