Pärnu to Riga runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:38 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.18, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 17m over 186 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.18, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€11.18
- 120%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Pärnu
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:38First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
AS Lux Express Estonia runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Trainline lists departures for Pärnu to Riga on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €22.18Fri18
- about €27.68Sat19
- about €17.78Sun20
- about €15.58Mon21
- about €15.58Tue22
- about €19.98Wed23
- about €19.98Thu24
- about €19.43Fri25
- about €15.03Sat26
- about €18.33Sun27
- about €12.83Mon28
- about €12.28Tue29
- about €15.58Wed30
- about €13.38Thu1
- about €13.38Fri2
- about €12.28Sat3
- about €13.93Sun4
- about €11.18Mon5
- about €12.28Tue6
- about €11.18Wed7
- about €13.38Thu8
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The coach gets you into Riga. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Riga for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Riga Centrala and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Pärnu to Riga
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.4890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €11.1845 days
- €13.9330 days
- €13.3821 days
- €13.3814 days
- €19.987 days
- €17.783 days
- €22.181 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 120 percent. The dearest point is €22.18, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Pärnu to Riga and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
186 km
162 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
40,228 → 742,572
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 186 km against 162 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Haabersti, Kesklinn, Tallinn, Mustamäe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from RIX into Riga is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Riga
Settled in advance, so the ride into Riga costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Riga Centrala
Most of the points near Riga Centrala open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Pärnu to Riga
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Pärnu to Riga?
The fastest journey from Pärnu to Riga takes 3h 17m door to door, of which 2h 49m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 25m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Pärnu to Riga?
The cheapest fare from Pärnu to Riga is €11.18, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €15.03. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Pärnu to Riga?
The cheapest way from Pärnu to Riga is by coach, at €11.18 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 3h 33m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Pärnu to Riga?
Fares from Pärnu to Riga bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 120 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Pärnu to Riga?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Pärnu to Riga, at €12.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Pärnu to Riga?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Pärnu to Riga, at €10.63 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Pärnu to Riga?
No operator record names Pärnu to Riga directly. AS Lux Express Estonia publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Pärnu to Riga?
20 percent of the services we sell from Pärnu to Riga are direct. The rest connect at Haabersti, Kesklinn, Tallinn, Mustamäe, with about 65 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Pärnu to Riga use?
Services from Pärnu to Riga by coach leave from Pärnu Bus Station and arrive at Riga Autoosta. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Pärnu to Riga?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Pärnu to Riga allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Pärnu to Riga on 17 September 2026: 186 km of route against 162 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.18, and 3h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Riga a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Riga and across Latvia
Day trips that leave Riga in the morning and cover a good part of Latvia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Pärnu reaches 8 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 114 to 162 km. Riga reaches 122 places in 40 countries, from 41 to 6,757 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Pärnu
- 8Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Riga
Leaving Riga
- 122Places you can leave for
- 40Countries
- 33Operators