Estonia to raise letter postage prices, extend delivery times from October 1
Starting October 1, Estonia's universal postal service will see higher prices for letters and longer delivery times for domestic mail, while express letters and domestic parcels will be dropped from the universal service list.
From October 1, Estonian state postal company Omniva will change the prices and terms of its universal postal service. According to the company, sending a domestic standard letter will cost 2.10 euros, while a registered domestic letter will cost 8.40 euros. An international standard letter will cost 4.30 euros, and a registered international letter 9.70 euros. Prices for letters and international parcels will also depend on their weight.
Delivery times to change as well
Previously, domestic letters had to be delivered by the next working day. From October 1, this deadline will no longer apply under the universal service — domestic letters will instead be delivered within three working days.
At the same time, express letters and domestic parcel delivery will be removed from the list of universal postal services. The changes were prepared by the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, which had previously explained that the tariff increase is needed to bring prices more in line with actual costs, including rising fuel expenses.
Customers' options for sending parcels will not change — parcels can still be sent and received at post offices, parcel machines, and via courier service. However, from October 1, sending domestic parcels will be considered a commercial service. Prices for commercial services, including business letters, parcel machines and courier delivery, are not being raised in connection with the changes to the universal postal service.
Use of postal services in Estonia has been declining in recent years. In 2025, more than 560,000 letters were sent under the universal postal service — 18 percent fewer than the year before. Over the past five years, the volume of traditional postal services has dropped by more than 75 percent. About a third of all letters last year were sent in December.
