Riga to Vantaa

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Riga to Vantaa. From €37.90, fastest 4h 4m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Riga to Vantaa costs €37.90 at the cheapest and takes 4h 4m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 4 operators. The route covers 387 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 8, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
387 km
Fastest
4h 4m
Average
4h 7m
Services per day
32
Cheapest
€37.90
CO2 per passenger
95.2 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 4m54m3h 10m€38.4995.2 kg32
  • 4h 4mFastest, by Flight
  • €38.49Cheapest, by Flight
  • 95.2 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 387 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€37.90
  1. Nordic Regional Airlines NR451206:3558m07:33Riga RIXVantaa HEL

Door to door 4h 8mCO2 95.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€43.21
  1. Air Baltic AB388110:0954m11:03Riga RIXVantaa HEL

Door to door 4h 4mCO2 95.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Riga to Vantaa
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Riga to VantaaWedSep 9ThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22
Flight€66.22€81.56€63.86€65.04€62.68€54.42€44.39€47.34€56.19€52.65€55.01€50.29€44.39€38.49

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €37.90

The flight gets you into Vantaa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Vantaa

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Booking window

When to book Riga to Vantaa

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €37.3190 days
  2. €36.7260 days
  3. €37.9045 days
  4. €40.8530 days
  5. €37.9021 days
  6. €38.4914 days
  7. €44.397 days
  8. €63.863 days
  9. €66.221 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.72.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 80 percent. The most expensive point is €66.22, 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.
€66.22€36.721371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €50.29Sun
  2. €44.39Mon
  3. €38.49Tue
  4. €47.34Wed
  5. €56.19Thu
  6. €52.65Fri
  7. €55.01Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €44.39Sep
  2. €40.26Oct
  3. €36.72Nov
  4. €36.72Dec
  5. €36.13Jan
  6. €32.00Feb

The route

RigaRigaVantaaVantaa
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 387 km against 376 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Riga at 06:19 and the last at 20:48, across 32 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Riga

Rail
  • Riga Centrala
  • Rīga Pasažieru
  • Riga rail terminal
Bus
  • Riga Autoosta
  • Riga International Coach Terminal
Air
  • RIX
Ferry
  • Riga Passenger Terminal
  • Riga

Vantaa

Rail
  • Korso railway station
  • Malmi railway station
  • Savio railway station
Bus
  • Korso
  • Puistola station
Air
  • HEL

The fare from HEL into Vantaa is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Vantaa

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Air Baltic€39.08
Finnair€38.49
Finncomm Airlines€38.49
Nordic Regional Airlines€37.90
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€24.5065%
Taxes€4.4112%
Supplier fees€7.0018%
Our service fee€1.995%
Total you pay€37.90100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Vantaa well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Vantaa?

Most of the points near Korso railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Riga to Vantaa

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Riga to Vantaa?

The fastest journey from Riga to Vantaa takes 4h 4m door to door, of which 54m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 7m, 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 Riga to Vantaa?

The cheapest fare from Riga to Vantaa is €37.90, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €58.55. 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 Riga to Vantaa?

The cheapest way from Riga to Vantaa is by Flight, at €38.49 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 4m 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 Riga to Vantaa?

Fares from Riga to Vantaa bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €36.72. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 80 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Riga to Vantaa?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Riga to Vantaa, at €38.49. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Riga to Vantaa?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Riga to Vantaa, at €32.00 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 service from Riga to Vantaa?

4 operators sell services from Riga to Vantaa across 1 modes: Air Baltic, Finnair, Finncomm Airlines, Nordic Regional Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Riga to Vantaa?

Every service we sell from Riga to Vantaa is direct, with around 32 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 4m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Riga to Vantaa use?

Services from Riga to Vantaa by Flight leave from Riga RIX and arrive at Vantaa HEL. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Riga to Vantaa?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Riga to Vantaa 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

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Riga to Vantaa on September 8, 2026: 387 km of route against 376 km in a straight line, 32 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €37.90, and 4h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Vantaa is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Vantaa

Day trips that leave Vantaa in the morning and cover a good part of Finland by evening.

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