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Budget
£456 - £1,039
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Return
Price
Washington, D.C. Dulles IntlRiga Intl
IAD - RIX
IADRIX
Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl
Thu 22/8
1 stop21h 55m
Riga Intl
Mon 2/9
1 stop14h 50m
Washington, D.C. Dulles IntlRiga Intl
IAD - RIX
IADRIX
Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl
Wed 11/9
2 stops17h 55m
Riga Intl
Wed 9/10
1 stop16h 45m
Washington, D.C. Dulles IntlRiga Intl
IAD - RIX
IADRIX
Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl
Thu 22/8
2 stops17h 55m
Riga Intl
Mon 2/9
1 stop33h 10m
Seattle/Tacoma IntlRiga Intl
SEA - RIX
SEARIX
Seattle/Tacoma Intl
Sat 20/4
2 stops20h 43m
Riga Intl
Tue 30/4
1 stop23h 50m
Washington, D.C. Dulles IntlRiga Intl
IAD - RIX
IADRIX
Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl
Thu 20/6
1 stop19h 30m
Riga Intl
Wed 26/6
1 stop15h 40m
Washington, D.C. Dulles IntlRiga Intl
IAD - RIX
IADRIX
Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl
Mon 10/6
1 stop10h 25m
Riga Intl
Wed 26/6
2 stops27h 00m
Washington, D.C. Dulles IntlRiga Intl
IAD - RIX
IADRIX
Washington, D.C. Dulles Intl
Thu 20/6
2 stops23h 56m
Riga Intl
Sun 30/6
2 stops23h 45m
Currently, January is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight to Latvia (average of £78). Flying to Latvia in August will prove the most costly (average of £206). There are multiple factors that influence the price of a flight so comparing airlines, departure airports and times can help keep costs down.
January
£62
February
£93
March
£87
April
£117
May
£117
June
£124
July
£158
August
£163
September
£90
October
£88
November
£101
December
£118
RIX Temperature | -3 - 17 °C |
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If weather is an important factor for your trip to Latvia, use this chart to help with planning. For those seeking warmer temperatures, July is the ideal time of year to visit, when temperatures reach an average of 17.0 C. Travellers hoping to avoid the cold should look outside of January, when temperatures are typically at their lowest (around -3.0 C).
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Departure was late. Plane much too small for an 11 hour flight. One bathroom was out of order in a completely full flight.
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Departure was late. Plane much too small for an 11 hour flight. One bathroom was out of order in a completely full flight.
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Departure was late. Plane much too small for an 11 hour flight. One bathroom was out of order in a completely full flight.
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Departure was late. Plane much too small for an 11 hour flight. One bathroom was out of order in a completely full flight.
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Departure was late. Plane much too small for an 11 hour flight. One bathroom was out of order in a completely full flight.
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Overall
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Departure was late. Plane much too small for an 11 hour flight. One bathroom was out of order in a completely full flight.
One of the three Baltic states – along with Lithuania and Estonia – Latvia is also bordered by Russia and Belarus. It’s one of the more recent EU members, joining in 2004, just 13 years after it declared independence from Russia. Since then more and more travellers have booked flights to Latvia, discovering an attraction-rich destination with a lively capital city, a long coastline and a cultured people.
Riga, the capital, is much like the Scandinavian cities – red-roofed, clean and well-ordered with sturdy, attractive public buildings and churches, and a great cafe culture. The Old Town is a Unesco World Heritage Site. It has extensive Art Nouveau architecture, which puts Riga up there with Barcelona, Vienna and St Petersburg in terms of significance.
Not far from Riga is Jurmala, the Baltic’s premier resort. In times past, Jurmala was a favourite with the Soviet high command as well as the party faithful. Along with its reddish sands and striking architecture, its mineral-rich mud and sulphur springs have been attracting visitors since the 18th century.
Away from the coast, the Gauja National Park is a popular winter sports destination, the place to find Europe’s longest bobsleigh track – a mighty 1420m long and 121m high.
Winters (December to March) are very cold and the average temperature drops to -4 degrees. Spring and autumn average about 6 degrees. Summers average 16 degrees.
Latvian Railway offers a good service throughout Latvia and into Central Europe. Bus, trolley-bus and tram services operate in the cities and there are good bus services to major cities throughout Latvia. Ecolines, Eurolines and Nordeka offer bus services to international destinations.
Ferries: the three main ports are Ventspils, Riga and Liepaja. They are mainly for commercial traffic, but from Riga’s port – very close to the Old Town – there are passenger services to Germany and Sweden.
Major rental-car companies include Hertz and Europcar.