Riga traffic

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Riga2024 traffic
Congestion levels, travel times and speeds are based on worldwide trip data spanning more than 737 billion km anonymously collected during the year from drivers within the larger metropolitan area (“metro”) and central city area (“city center”) throughout the complete road network — including fast roads and highways crossing this area.


Work rank 2024
Travel time
115
Average travel time per 10 km
23
min
33
s
1 min 30 s less than in 2023
Average speed
25.5km/h
1.5 km/h faster than in 2023
Worst day to travel in 2024
January 16, Tuesday
29 min 30 s
Average travel time to drive 10 km
65%
Congestion level
Work rank 2024
Congestion level
93
Average congestion level
35%
5%p less than in 2023
Monthly congestion level
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2024
2023
Traffic pattern
How was traffic distributed in Riga depending on the day and time of day?
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Average congestion level
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How busy was Riga during rush hour?

Let's take a closer look at rush hour. How much extra time was spent idling in traffic? What was the average speed?
One way commute
km


Rush hour
morning
Time taken to travel 10 km
27 min 35 sec
21.7 km/h
Average speed
57%
Congestion level
Time taken to travel 10 km
32 min 27 sec
18.5 km/h
Average speed
83%
Congestion level
Rush hour
evening
How much extra time did we spend driving in rush hours over the year?
94 hours = 3 days, 22 hours
13 h 23 min less than in 2023

Driving patterns in Riga

What did traffic look like over a week in Riga?
One way commute
km


  • Travel time
  • Congestion level
  • Speed
12:00 AM
01:00 AM
02:00 AM
03:00 AM
04:00 AM
05:00 AM
06:00 AM
07:00 AM
08:00 AM
09:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
01:00 PM
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Sun
18 min 48 s19 min
18 min 51 s19 min
18 min 58 s19 min
18 min 50 s19 min
18 min 18 s18 min
17 min 55 s18 min
17 min 50 s18 min
17 min 14 s17 min
17 min 14 s17 min
17 min 50 s18 min
18 min 19 s18 min
18 min 58 s19 min
19 min 19 s19 min
19 min 46 s20 min
19 min 50 s20 min
19 min 34 s20 min
19 min 35 s20 min
19 min 43 s20 min
19 min 33 s20 min
19 min 20 s19 min
18 min 51 s19 min
18 min 43 s19 min
18 min 14 s18 min
18 min 4 s18 min
Mon
17 min 58 s18 min
18 min 17 s18 min
18 min 31 s19 min
18 min 24 s18 min
17 min 13 s17 min
16 min 49 s17 min
17 min 22 s17 min
23 min 1 s23 min
27 min 56 s28 min
24 min 44 s25 min
22 min 2 s22 min
22 min 10 s22 min
22 min 35 s23 min
22 min 52 s23 min
23 min 13 s23 min
23 min 41 s24 min
26 min 3 s26 min
30 min 40 s31 min
25 min 38 s26 min
20 min 46 s21 min
19 min 24 s19 min
18 min 52 s19 min
18 min 17 s18 min
18 min 18 min
Tue
18 min 2 s18 min
18 min 28 s18 min
18 min 52 s19 min
18 min 58 s19 min
17 min 15 s17 min
16 min 47 s17 min
17 min 23 s17 min
23 min 17 s23 min
28 min 27 s28 min
26 min 4 s26 min
23 min 14 s23 min
23 min 11 s23 min
23 min 45 s24 min
23 min 57 s24 min
24 min 11 s24 min
24 min 40 s25 min
27 min 54 s28 min
33 min 29 s33 min
27 min 36 s28 min
21 min 6 s21 min
19 min 39 s20 min
19 min 18 s19 min
18 min 34 s19 min
18 min 26 s18 min
Wed
18 min 14 s18 min
18 min 41 s19 min
19 min 4 s19 min
18 min 48 s19 min
17 min 27 s17 min
17 min 17 min
17 min 19 s17 min
22 min 54 s23 min
27 min 58 s28 min
25 min 31 s26 min
22 min 53 s23 min
22 min 59 s23 min
23 min 50 s24 min
24 min 2 s24 min
24 min 36 s25 min
25 min 8 s25 min
28 min 1 s28 min
33 min 53 s34 min
28 min 24 s28 min
21 min 41 s22 min
19 min 57 s20 min
19 min 25 s19 min
18 min 39 s19 min
18 min 15 s18 min
Thu
18 min 16 s18 min
18 min 41 s19 min
19 min 14 s19 min
18 min 58 s19 min
17 min 28 s17 min
16 min 47 s17 min
17 min 19 s17 min
22 min 58 s23 min
27 min 54 s28 min
25 min 34 s26 min
23 min 20 s23 min
23 min 29 s23 min
24 min 17 s24 min
24 min 31 s25 min
24 min 55 s25 min
25 min 29 s25 min
28 min 38 s29 min
33 min 48 s34 min
28 min 26 s28 min
21 min 58 s22 min
20 min 4 s20 min
19 min 38 s20 min
18 min 59 s19 min
18 min 43 s19 min
Fri
18 min 36 s19 min
19 min 4 s19 min
19 min 8 s19 min
19 min 9 s19 min
17 min 49 s18 min
17 min 21 s17 min
17 min 26 s17 min
22 min 10 s22 min
25 min 38 s26 min
23 min 29 s23 min
22 min 54 s23 min
23 min 48 s24 min
25 min 8 s25 min
25 min 49 s26 min
26 min 30 s27 min
27 min 46 s28 min
29 min 42 s30 min
30 min 16 s30 min
25 min 50 s26 min
21 min 45 s22 min
20 min 18 s20 min
19 min 57 s20 min
19 min 30 s20 min
19 min 11 s19 min
Sat
19 min 1 s19 min
19 min 19 s19 min
19 min 31 s20 min
19 min 27 s19 min
18 min 49 s19 min
17 min 59 s18 min
17 min 46 s18 min
17 min 24 s17 min
17 min 44 s18 min
18 min 46 s19 min
19 min 30 s20 min
20 min 28 s20 min
21 min 10 s21 min
21 min 34 s22 min
21 min 26 s21 min
20 min 41 s21 min
20 min 23 s20 min
20 min 20 s20 min
20 min 13 s20 min
19 min 47 s20 min
19 min 23 s19 min
19 min 11 s19 min
18 min 53 s19 min
19 min 1 s19 min
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