There are 8 ways to get from Beijing to Karaganda by plane, train, car, bus, or subway
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Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport
best- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF)PEK - KGF
11h 36m$257–1,009Train, drive
- Take the train from Beijing West Station to Ürümqi
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jinghe South
- Drive from Jinghe South to Dostyk
- Take the train from Dostyk to Karaganda Pass
2d 1hBus, train, drive
- Take the bus from Beijing to Pingliang East
- Take the bus from Pingliang East to Urumqi
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jinghe South
- Drive from Jinghe South to Dostyk
- Take the train from Dostyk to Balhash 2
- Take the bus from Balhash to Karagandy Bus station
3d 10hDrive 4,292 km
- Drive from Beijing to Karaganda4,292 km
2d$541–782Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)PEK - NQZ
- Take the train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Pass
13h 35m$298–705Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, train
- Take the train from Beijing West to Beijing Daxing Airport
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)PKX - NQZ
- Take the train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Pass
15h 55mTrain to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport
- Take the train from Beijing West to Beijing Daxing Airport
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF)PKX - KGF
12h 16mSubway, train, drive
- Take the subway from Dongzhimen to Xizhimen Station13
- Take the train from Beijing North station to Hohhot East
- Take the train from Hohhot East to Ürümqi
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jinghe South
- Drive from Jinghe South to Dostyk
- Take the train from Dostyk to Karaganda Pass
3d 1h
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Beijing to Karaganda is to fly and train which costs $290 - $750 and takes 13h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Beijing to Karaganda is to fly which takes 11h 36m and costs $250 - $1,100.
The distance between Beijing and Karaganda is 3566 km. The road distance is 4292 km.
It takes approximately 11h 36m to get from Beijing to Karaganda, including transfers.
Karaganda is 3h behind Beijing. It is currently 11:22 PM in Beijing and 8:22 PM in Karaganda.
Yes, the driving distance between Beijing to Karaganda is 4292 km. It takes approximately 2 days 0h to drive from Beijing to Karaganda.
There are 247+ hotels available in Karaganda.
What companies run services between Beijing, China and Karaganda, Kazakhstan?
Air Astana, Flyr, and World Ticket fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF) once daily.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Krasnoyarsk, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Urumqi, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Novosibirsk, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Krasnoyarsk, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Novosibirsk, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–650
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–650
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–480
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $290–950
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Train from Beijing West Station to Ürümqi
Train from Ürümqi to Jinghe South
Train from Beijing West to Beijing Daxing Airport
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Dostyk to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 8m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–28
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $21–28
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $15–21
Train from Dostyk to Balhash 2
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $14–19
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $10–15
Train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $6–9
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $6–9
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $21–29
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $11–16
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $3–5
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- 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)
- $50–75
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $70–100
- Phone
- 86-010-96165
- Website
- bjsubway.com
Subway from Dongzhimen to Xizhimen Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- map.bjsubway.com
Train from Beijing North station to Hohhot East
- 2nd Class Seat
- $29–32
- 1st Class Seat
- $48–52
- Business Class Seat
- $70–100
Train from Hohhot East to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–89
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- $30–50
- Hard Sleeper
- $65–80
- Soft Sleeper
- $95–130
- Phone
- 400-830-6666
- Website
- ctrip.com
Bus from Beijing to Pingliang East
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65
- Schedules at
- bus.ctrip.com
Bus from Pingliang East to Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $91
- Schedules at
- bus.ctrip.com
- Phone
- +7 727 396-70-63
- Website
- ma-sairan.kz
Bus from Balhash to Karagandy Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
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