Helsinki (HEL) to Riga (RIX): 237 miles (382 km) great-circle, about 1h 00m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $136 round-trip on Air Baltic, nonstop, departing May 25, 2026.
$136 round-trip, Air Baltic BT326, departing 2026-05-25 at 05:30, returning 2026-05-29. The recorded itinerary left on a Monday, returning on a Friday 4 nights later; the fare was observed 30 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $136, it ranked 2nd of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from HEL (median $288). That is 57.3 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), above the HEL median of 28.7 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from HEL of similar length: Stockholm (247 mi) at $178 and St. Petersburg (186 mi) at $563.
Air Baltic had the cheapest fare on 6 of 30 HEL routes. It is the 29th longest of the 30 routes we track from HEL.
Of 5 departure airports with a fare to Riga, Helsinki (HEL) ranked 1st at $136. Lowest: $136 from Helsinki (HEL); highest: $2090 from Havana (HAV); 2 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Air Baltic (1), KLM (1), Norwegian Air (1), Ryanair (1) and Wizz Air (1).
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Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Europe/Helsinki, Europe/Riga; flight time is our estimate.