There are 8 ways to get from Bern to Almaty by train, plane, 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.
Train to Basel, fly
best- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane BSL - ALA
13h 28m$331–989Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane MXP - ALA
14h 10m$318–596Train, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the bus from Kassel to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Passtrain
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2train
5d 12h$527–943Drive 6,490.1 km
- Drive from Bern to Almatycar 6,490.1 km
3d 1h$1,309–1,890Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane ZRH - ALA
13h 47m$357–650Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane GVA - ALA
14h 15m$347–667Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane FRA - ALA
14h 33m$382–808Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane STR - ALA
16h 45m$388–760
Basel (BSL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $350 - $650 and takes 13h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 13h 28m and costs $330 - $1,000.
The distance between Bern and Almaty is 5377 km. The road distance is 6490.1 km.
The best way to get from Bern to Almaty without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 12h and costs $500 - $950.
It takes approximately 13h 28m to get from Bern to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 4h ahead of Bern. It is currently 2:19 PM in Bern and 6:19 PM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Bern to Almaty is 6490 km. It takes approximately 3 days 1h to drive from Bern to Almaty.
There are 3259+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
There is no direct connection from Bern to Almaty. However, you can take the train to Basel SBB, walk to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, take the line 50 bus to Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, walk to Basel (BSL) airport, fly to Almaty International Airport (ALA), walk to Ogareva, then take the line 92 bus to Kazybek Bi. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bern to Almaty 2 via Basel SBB, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, Riga Central Bus Station, Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal, Moskovsky Railway Terminal, and Kazan-Pass in around 5d 12h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Atyrau
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–900
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–600
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–750
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $95–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $49–54
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $32–36
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $220–300
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $50–75
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $60–90
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $220–420
- 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)
- $220–310
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $300–420
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $17–21
- 1st Class Ticket
- $22–35
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $25–35
- 1st Class
- $45–60
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kassel to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $71
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
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