There are 5 ways to get from Almaty to Geneva by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Geneva International Airport
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane ALA - GVA
13h 14mCHF 280–550Train, bus
- Take the train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Passtrain
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminaltrain
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Genèvetrain
5d 12hCHF 539–1,260Drive 6,638.1 km
- Drive from Almaty to Genevacar 6,638.1 km
3d 2hCHF 1,081–1,562Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Basel (BSL)plane ALA - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genèvetrain
17h 28mCHF 343–657Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane ALA - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
16h 40mCHF 391–657
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Geneva is to fly which costs SFr 280 - SFr 550 and takes 13h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Geneva is to fly which takes 13h 14m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 550.
The distance between Almaty and Geneva is 5428 km. The road distance is 6638.1 km.
The best way to get from Almaty to Geneva without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 12h and costs SFr 500 - SFr 1300.
It takes approximately 13h 14m to get from Almaty to Geneva, including transfers.
Geneva is 3h behind Almaty. It is currently 9:44 PM in Almaty and 6:44 PM in Geneva.
Yes, the driving distance between Almaty to Geneva is 6638 km. It takes approximately 3 days 2h to drive from Almaty to Geneva.
There are 1259+ hotels available in Geneva.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Geneva, Switzerland?
SunExpress, Pegasus Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–600
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–700
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Kutaisi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–600
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Almaty 2 to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–360
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- CHF 180–260
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- CHF 260–360
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kazan-Pass to Moskovsky Railway Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 160–220
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 35–50
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 50–75
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–170
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Renens VD to Genève
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 8–12
- 2nd Class
- CHF 10–13
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.com.ru
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 62
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 56
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–230
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
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