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Budget
£65 - £143
Route
Depart
Return
Price
London GatwickRiga Intl
LGW - RIX
LGWRIX
London Gatwick
Fri 27/9
1 stop19h 45m
Riga Intl
Mon 30/9
1 stop26h 05m
London GatwickRiga Intl
LGW - RIX
LGWRIX
London Gatwick
Thu 19/9
1 stop24h 50m
Riga Intl
Mon 23/9
1 stop6h 30m
London StanstedRiga Intl
STN - RIX
STNRIX
London Stansted
Tue 8/10
Nonstop2h 30m
Riga Intl
Sun 13/10
Nonstop2h 45m
London GatwickRiga Intl
LGW - RIX
LGWRIX
London Gatwick
Sat 14/9
Nonstop2h 40m
Riga Intl
Wed 18/9
Nonstop2h 50m
London GatwickRiga Intl
LGW - RIX
LGWRIX
London Gatwick
Thu 19/9
Nonstop2h 40m
Riga Intl
Mon 23/9
1 stop26h 05m
London HeathrowRiga Intl
LHR - RIX
LHRRIX
London Heathrow
Tue 8/10
Nonstop2h 45m
Riga Intl
Sun 13/10
Nonstop2h 45m
London HeathrowRiga Intl
LHR - RIX
LHRRIX
London Heathrow
Mon 26/8
1 stop4h 40m
Riga Intl
Fri 6/9
1 stop5h 20m
Currently, January is the cheapest month in which you can book a flight to Latvia (average of £81). Flying to Latvia in July will prove the most costly (average of £208). There are multiple factors that influence the price of a flight so comparing airlines, departure airports and times can help keep costs down.
January
£64
February
£93
March
£87
April
£125
May
£146
June
£127
July
£165
August
£158
September
£88
October
£90
November
£98
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.
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.