The road
Helsinki to Riga by car
444 km, about 8 h 12 on the fastest road, through Latvia, Estonia and Finland. Fuel from about €59 in a petrol car at this week's prices, with about €20 in tolls on the way.
Measured on the road our router draws, 2026-09-17. Your own start and vehicle change every number — that is what the button at the end is for.
Distance
444 km
fastest road, one way
Driving
8 h 12
without stops
Countries
3
Latvia, Estonia and Finland
The road, country by country
- 🇱🇻 Latvia · 224 km
- 🇪🇪 Estonia · 188 km
- 🇫🇮 Finland · 32 km
With a camper's height and weight the router takes a different road: 470 km, about 8 h 30.
What it costs to drive
Fuel at the 2026-09-07 prices of the EU Weekly Oil Bulletin, per country crossed. Tolls are an estimate from published per-kilometre tariffs plus the crossings on this road. Beds and food are not here: they depend on how you travel.
| Vehicle | Fuel | Tolls | Together | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Car, petrol | €59 | €20 | €79 | 31 l at 7 l/100 km |
| Car, diesel | €58 | €20 | €78 | 29 l at 6.5 l/100 km |
| Camper, diesel | €114 | €64 | €178 | 56 l at 12 l/100 km |
- 🇱🇻 petrol €1.94 · diesel €2.05 /l
- 🇪🇪 petrol €1.81 · diesel €1.92 /l
- 🇫🇮 petrol €2.32 · diesel €2.48 /l
Charged on the way
- ⛴ Tallinn–Helsinki ferry — €20 (Car) · unverified
The same trip another way
Where a sea gives a choice, the road through each gateway, priced the same way for a petrol car. Which one is yours depends on the ferry's fare and your nights, and that is the planner's job.
Through Stockholm
1282 km, about 28 h 18 — Finland, Latvia, Sweden and Estonia.
Petrol car: fuel about €174, tolls and crossings about €143.
⛴ Stockholm–Helsinki ferry (€140, unverified) · ⛴ Stockholm–Tallinn ferry · 🌉 Stockholm congestion tax (€2.66, unverified)
Through Travemünde
1544 km, about 44 h — Poland, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia and Finland.
Petrol car: fuel about €213, tolls and crossings about €361.
⛴ Travemünde–Helsinki ferry (€330, unverified)
Where to sleep beside the road
63 campsites and camper sites within 10 km of this road, from OpenStreetMap. A few between the two ends:
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 312, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Kapteiņu osta · campsite · km 312, 0.3 km off the road
- ⛺ Milleri · campsite · km 313, 0.1 km off the road
- ⛺ Kempings „Dzirnezers K” · campsite · km 414, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 417, 0 km off the road
- ⛺ Campsite / aire · campsite · km 425, 0.2 km off the road
Worth a detour
Between the two ends, within 10 km of the road — the places the map marks as notable.
- ◆ Town Hall Pharmacy · museum · km 88, 0.9 km off the road
- ◆ Metsanurme Local Lore Museum · museum · km 121, 5.3 km off the road
- ◆ Varbola Stronghold · attraction · km 161, 3.8 km off the road
- ◆ Vana-Vigala mõisa peahoone · attraction · km 191, 9.3 km off the road
- ◆ Punane torn · attraction · km 237, 1.7 km off the road
- ◆ Salacas pils · fort · km 316, 0.1 km off the road
- ◆ Igates pils · castle · km 375, 9.1 km off the road
- ◆ Latvian Ethnographic Open-Air Museum · museum · km 432, 1 km off the road
Plan this road from your own door: your car, your dates, the beds and the food priced the same honest way.