--- title: "Jurmala Travel Guide | Weather, Tips and Tours | Tourpublish" description: "Jurmala travel guide with live conditions, transport tips, local knowledge and bookable beach, spa and Kemeri bog experiences in Latvia." canonical: https://tourpublish.com/destinations/latvia/jurmala last_updated: 2026-10-16 content_type: page publisher: Tourpublish SIA --- > Jurmala travel guide with live conditions, transport tips, local knowledge and bookable beach, spa and Kemeri bog experiences in Latvia. Tourpublish is the publishing layer above your reservation system, not a reservation platform. Every tour operator should be able to publish everywhere from one place. [Image: Jurmala beach on the Gulf of Riga] # Jurmala Thirty kilometres of white sand and wooden villas, half an hour from Riga. Photo: [Raul Cortez999](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jomas_Street,_Jurmala,_Latvia.png) (CC BY-SA 4.0) Currency Euro (EUR) 1 USD = 0.89 EUR Emergency number 110 112 / 113 also works Advisory level Normal precautions U.S. Department of State and 2 other governments Language Latvian Local transport Train & bike Stations every few km Yellow Fog Warning issued for Latvia - Gulbene municipality Yellow Fog Warning · Area: Gulbene municipality · From 2026-10-16T02:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-16T09:00:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/LV) Yellow Fog Warning issued for Latvia - Gulbene municipality Yellow Fog Warning · Area: Gulbene municipality · From 2026-10-16T02:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-16T08:00:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/LV) Yellow Fog Warning issued for Latvia - Gulbene municipality Yellow Fog Warning · Area: Gulbene municipality · From 2026-10-16T02:00:00+00:00 · until 2026-10-16T07:00:00+00:00 [MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET)](https://meteoalarm.org/en/live/region/LV) ## Good to know You can travel without a visa to the Schengen area, which includes Latvia, for up to 90 days in any 180-day period… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/latvia/entry-requirements) Latvia follows Schengen area rules. Your passport must: have a ‘date of issue’ less than 10 years before the date you arrive – if you renewed your passport before 1 October 2018, it might have a date of issue that is more than 10 years ago… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/latvia/entry-requirements) The European Union’s (EU) new Entry/Exit System (EES) is now being implemented across the Schengen area… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/latvia/entry-requirements) There are strict rules about goods you can take into or out of Latvia. You must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty… [UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/latvia/entry-requirements) Exercise normal security precautions. Latest change: The Health section was updated - travel health information (Public Health Agency of Canada). [Government of Canada - Travel Advice](https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/latvia) Lettland: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise [German Federal Foreign Office](https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit/200674) Trains from Riga run every 30 minutes. Majori is the main stop for the pedestrian street and beach. Driving in requires a daily entry fee paid online or at machines before you cross the boundary. The resort is a string of villages along one beach. Pick your station rather than treating it as one town. Kemeri national park boardwalk is 20 minutes further by train and best at sunrise. ## Local knowledge Contributed by guides, operators and creators on the ground. Community advice, kept separate from official sources. Take the train, not the car, to Jurmala Driving in costs a daily entry fee and parking is tight. The train from Riga runs every half hour and drops you at the beach. Tourpublish contributor Janis Ozols ## Frequently asked questions Take a suburban train from Riga Central to Majori, about 30 minutes, running every half hour. Yes. A daily vehicle entry charge applies year round and is paid online or at roadside machines. Yes. The beach, wooden architecture on Jomas iela and Kemeri bog easily fill a day from Riga. Yes in summer. The water is shallow and reaches about 20C in July and August. For details about medical entry requirements and recommended vaccinations, see TravelHealthPro’s Latvia guide. Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. There are strict rules about goods you can take into or out of Latvia. You must declare anything that may be prohibited or subject to tax or duty. Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. U.S. Department of State currently advises normal precautions (level 1 of 4). Advice differs slightly between governments, so check your own country's advisory before you travel. For tour operators ## Run tours in Jurmala? Publish them everywhere from one place. Tourpublish takes the tours already in your reservation system and publishes them to your website, social channels, messaging apps, AI assistants and marketplaces. - [Best tour operator software compared](https://tourpublish.com/best-tour-operator-software) - [How Tourpublish works](https://tourpublish.com/product) Sources and freshness Travel information last reviewed 16 October 2026. Compiled from [European Commission Newsroom](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/rss?language=en) , [IATA Timatic](https://api.iata.org/timatic/v2) , [Open-Meteo](https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast) and Tourpublish Travel Intelligence . Always confirm entry rules and safety guidance with official government sources before you travel. Advisories, entry rules and alerts apply to Latvia as a whole. Aggregated from official sources. 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