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Istanbul to Riga

Istanbul to Riga is cheapest in March. August, the most expensive month we measured, costs about 117 € more.


Istanbul to Riga is 1,773 km flown direct. airBaltic, LOT Polish Airlines and Lufthansa all price it, and LOT Polish Airlines held the cheapest fare we saw. Some fares are stitched self-transfer combinations rather than one ticket.

That comes from pricing 243 departure dates across 12 months. Every figure below is a fare we measured on the day shown, not a live quote. When we have nothing fresh to say about a route, its page stops existing.

Istanbul to Riga, lowest fare by month
116 € lowest measured one-way, Istanbul to Riga, on LOT Polish Airlines
measured, not quoted · seen 14 Aug 2026
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What is a good price from Istanbul to Riga?

Anything at or below the quarter mark beats three in four of the 243 one-way fares we measured here. Above the median, wait or move the date.

Cheapest seen
116 €
Quarter mark
125 €
Typical (median)
129 €
Most expensive seen
728 €

seen 18 Aug 2026

How far ahead do the cheap fares sit?

When we measured, the cheapest quarter of fares sat between 100 and 182 days before departure, closer in than the market as a whole. The cheap fares were on nearer dates, not months away, when we looked.

Cheapest quarter, median
146 days out
More expensive fares, median
213 days out

a snapshot of where the cheap seats sat, seen 18 Aug 2026

Which day of the week is cheapest?

On average, Friday departures came out lowest and Tuesday highest, a spread of about 337 €. On this route the day moves the price about as much as the month does, which is unusual: check both before booking.

157
Sun
142
Mon
476
Tue
140
Wed
151
Thu
139
Fri
471
Sat

Which airline is cheapest on this route?

airBaltic 125 € 234 fares
LOT Polish Airlines 116 € 6 fares
self-transfer combination 169 € 2 fares
Lufthansa 187 € 1 fare

Each airline's cheapest measured one-way, with how many of the fares were theirs. A self-transfer combination is two tickets, with no protection if the first is late.


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