There are 9 ways to get from Almaty to Jining by plane, train, bus, car, or taxi
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Fly to Hohhot Baita International Airport, train
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Hohhot Baita International Airport (HET)ALA - HET
- Take the train from Hohhot East to Jining South
13h 16m¥919–5,017Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqi412
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jining SouthUrumqi
2d 5h¥339–1,012Bus, train via Beijing
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Ürümqi412
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Beijing West Station
- Take the train from Beijing North Station to Wulanchabu station
42h 4m¥606–889Drive 3,402.3 km
- Drive from Almaty to Jining3,402.3 km
34h 25m¥3,047–4,402Fly to Ulanqab Airport
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Ulanqab Airport (UCB)ALA - UCB
20h 46m¥1,192–5,203Fly to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)ALA - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiao
- Take the train from Beijing North Station to Wulanchabu station
11h 22m¥2,479–4,890Fly to Beijing Capital International Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)ALA - PEK
- Take the train from Beijing North Station to Wulanchabu station
11h 14m¥2,295–5,063Fly to Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport, taxi, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport (ERL)ALA - ERL
- Take the taxi from Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport (ERL) to Qiharigetu
- Take the train from Qiharigetu to Jining South Station
23h 44mTrain, drive
- Take the train from Almaty 1 to Kerimagash
- Drive from Kerimagash to Yining
- Take the train from Yining to Ürümqi
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jining South
2d 1h
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Hohhot Baita International Airport (HET) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Jining is to bus and train which costs ¥330 - ¥1100 and takes 2 days 5h.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Jining is to fly and train which takes 11h 14m and costs ¥2200 - ¥5500.
The distance between Almaty and Jining is 3016 km. The road distance is 3402.3 km.
The best way to get from Almaty to Jining without a car is to bus and train via Beijing which takes 42h 4m and costs ¥600 - ¥900.
It takes approximately 13h 16m to get from Almaty to Jining, including transfers.
Jining is 3h ahead of Almaty. It is currently 4:08 AM in Almaty and 7:08 AM in Jining.
Yes, the driving distance between Almaty to Jining is 3402 km. It takes approximately 34h 25m to drive from Almaty to Jining.
There are 10+ hotels available in Jining.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Jining, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China?
China Southern Airlines, China Express Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Ulanqab Airport (UCB) twice daily.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥950–4,400
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–4,700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–4,700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,700
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Ulanqab Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–5,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Ulanqab Airport via Shimkent, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–5,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Ulanqab Airport via Beijing Capital International Airport, Xilinhot
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–7,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport via Urumqi, Hohhot Baita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,500
- Website
- chinaexpressair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥850–5,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Ulanqab Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–5,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Ulanqab Airport via Shimkent, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–5,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Ulanqab Airport via Beijing Capital International Airport, Xilinhot
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–7,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport via Urumqi, Hohhot Baita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,500
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–5,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,900
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–5,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥850–5,000
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Ulanqab Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–5,500
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Ulanqab Airport via Shimkent, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–5,500
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–5,500
- Website
- rlair.net
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,900
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,900
- Website
- hbhk.com.cn
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Ulanqab Airport via Urumqi, Shijiazhuang Zhengding
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–5,000
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–3,200
- Website
- hunnuair.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–7,500
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Erenhot Saiwusu International Airport via Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–7,000
Train from Hohhot East to Jining South
Train from Hohhot East to Jining South
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥40–110
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- ¥40–60
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥90–110
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥150–190
Train from Ürümqi to Jining South
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥230–647
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- ¥230–340
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥470–600
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥700–900
Train from Ürümqi to Beijing West Station
Train from Beijing North Station to Wulanchabu station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥150–170
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥240–270
- Business Class Seat
- ¥360–550
- Phone
- +86-010-96165
Train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥35
- Schedules at
- bdia.com.cn
- Phone
- 86-010-12306
- Website
- china-railway.com.cn
Train from Qiharigetu to Jining South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Book at
- chinahighlights.com
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Almaty 1 to Kerimagash
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥30
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
Train from Yining to Ürümqi
- 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
- ¥100–370
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Estimated price
- ¥210–260
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