There are 5 ways to get from Almaty to Daegu by plane, bus, train, or ferry
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Fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)ALA - PUS
- Take the bus from Gimhae Int'l Airport to Dongdaegu Terminal
12h 52m₩478,359–902,016Bus, train, ferry
cheapest- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqi
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Xuzhou
- Take the train from Xuzhou Station to Rizhao West
- Take the ferry from Rizhao Port to Pyeongtaek Port
- Take the train from Pyeongtaek Station to Daegu Station
3d 12h₩278,689–421,474Fly to Incheon International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)ALA - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Dongdaegu Station
11h 6m₩409,155–649,374Fly to Daegu International Airport
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)ALA - TAE
12h 51m₩504,590–1,662,968Fly to Gimpo International Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)ALA - GMP
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Dongdaegu Station
14h 23m₩516,288–982,803
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Daegu is to bus and train and ferry which costs ₩270,000 - ₩430,000 and takes 3 days 12h.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Daegu is to fly and bus and train which takes 11h 6m and costs ₩400,000 - ₩650,000.
The distance between Almaty and Daegu is 4606 km.
It takes approximately 12h 52m to get from Almaty to Daegu, including transfers.
Daegu is 4h ahead of Almaty. It is currently 11:17 AM in Almaty and 3:17 PM in Daegu.
There are 208+ hotels available in Daegu.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Daegu, South Korea?
China Eastern Airlines flies from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Daegu International Airport (TAE) 3 times a week.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩330,000–1,900,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩250,000–1,200,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩260,000–1,600,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,900,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–1,800,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩310,000–1,500,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩400,000–1,600,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩350,000–1,200,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩370,000–550,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,700,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩400,000–2,000,000
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩310,000–1,500,000
- Website
- en.airbusan.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–1,800,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩470,000–750,000
Train from Ürümqi to Xuzhou
Train from Xuzhou Station to Rizhao West
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₩21,000–45,000
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ₩21,000–30,000
- Adult - 1st Class
- ₩32,000–45,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Pyeongtaek Station to Daegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩22,000–35,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩26,000–35,000
- Non-reserved
- ₩22,000–31,000
- First Class
- ₩36,000–55,000
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Dongdaegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩26,000–48,157
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩29,000–40,000
- Non-reserved
- ₩26,000–35,000
- First Class
- ₩42,000–70,000
- Economy Class
- ₩48,157
- Non-reserved Seat
- ₩36,641
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Train from Pyeongtaek Station to Daegu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩12,500–15,200
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Non-reserved
- ₩12,500–12,700
- Economy Class
- ₩14,900–15,200
- Phone
- +82 1644 2992
- Website
- bustago.or.kr
Bus from Gimhae Int'l Airport to Dongdaegu Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩11,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.bustago.or.kr/newweb/en/index.do
- Road
- ₩11,000–15,000
- Phone
- +7 727 396-70-63
- Website
- ma-sairan.kz
Bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₩22,000–75,000
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
- Phone
- +82 1544 7788
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000
- Schedules at
- korail.com
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000–17,500
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
- Phone
- +82 31 686 5896/5897
- Website
- rizhaoferry.co.kr
Ferry from Rizhao Port to Pyeongtaek Port
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₩145,000–180,000
- Schedules at
- rizhaoferry.co.kr
- Deluxe
- ₩180,000
- Business
- ₩145,000
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