There are 9 ways to get from Budapest to Karaganda by plane, train, bus, car, or shuttle
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Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, train
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane BUD - NQZ
- Take the train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Passtrain
15h 58m$235–663Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport
cheapest- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF)plane BUD - KGF
39h 10m$184–807Train, bus
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Take the bus from Brno ÚAN Zvonařka to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Paveletsky Rail Terminal to Karaganda Passtrain
3d 23h$317–588Drive 4,670.5 km
- Drive from Budapest, Stadion autóbusz-pályaudvar to Karagandacar 4,670.5 km
2d 11h$816–1,178Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane VIE - NQZ
- Take the train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Passtrain
17h 22m$212–711Shuttle to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Praha ÚAN Florenc
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane PRG - NQZ
- Take the train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Passtrain
18h 3m$327–834Train, bus via Kazan’
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Brno Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Take the bus from Brno to Tallinna bussijaambus
- Take the bus from Tallinn 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 Karaganda Passtrain
4d 10h$264–484Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Sosnowiec Glownytrain
- Take the train from Sosnowiec Glowny to Gdansk Glownytrain
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Główny to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Aksakovotrain
- Take the train from Aksakovo to Karaganda Passtrain
4d 13h$335–614Bus, train
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Gdansk, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Główny to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Aksakovotrain
- Take the train from Aksakovo to Karaganda Passtrain
4d 14h$343–626
Budapest to Karaganda by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Karaganda is to fly and train which costs $230 - $700 and takes 15h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Karaganda is to fly and train which takes 15h 58m and costs $230 - $700.
The distance between Budapest and Karaganda is 3971 km. The road distance is 4670.5 km.
The best way to get from Budapest to Karaganda without a car is to train and bus which takes 3 days 23h and costs $310 - $600.
It takes approximately 15h 58m to get from Budapest to Karaganda, including transfers.
Karaganda is 4h ahead of Budapest. It is currently 1:20 AM in Budapest and 5:20 AM in Karaganda.
Yes, the driving distance between Budapest to Karaganda is 4671 km. It takes approximately 2 days 11h to drive from Budapest to Karaganda.
There are 238+ hotels available in Karaganda.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Karaganda, Kazakhstan?
Air Serbia, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF) 6 times a week.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Shimkent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $230–430
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Shimkent
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 47m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–700
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–490
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Belgrade, Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 31m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–600
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–400
- 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
- $3–6
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $22–30
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $12–17
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $3–6
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
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
- +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
- $50–110
- 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)
- $70–110
Train from Paveletsky Rail Terminal to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $210–410
- 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)
- $210–300
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $290–410
Train from Kazan-Pass to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $160–310
- 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)
- $160–230
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $220–310
Train from Aksakovo to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–270
- 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)
- $130–190
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $190–270
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $60–90
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Brno Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–21
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Sosnowiec Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–34
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 2nd Class
- $14–20
- 1st Class
- $24–35
- 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)
- $210–300
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $50–75
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $60–90
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Aksakovo
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $360–500
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $85–120
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $95–140
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Sosnowiec Glowny to Gdansk Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $23–35
- 1st Class
- $30–40
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Sosnowiec Glowny to Gdansk Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- $40–60
- 1st Class
- $65–85
- Business
- $70–80
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Brno ÚAN Zvonařka to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Brno ÚAN Zvonařka to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- eco@ecolines.ru
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35
- Schedules at
- ecolines.by
- Book at
- ecolines.by
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- info@eurobusways.com
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Budapest to Praha ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
- Website
- flixbus.pl
Bus from Brno to Tallinna bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Schedules at
- flixbus.pl
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +372 5656 3056
- info@balticshuttle.ee
- Website
- balticshuttle.ee
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Website
- https://www.balticshuttle.ee/en
- Phone
- (+372) 5645 9623
- buss@anniston.ee
- Website
- anniston.ee
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- anniston.ee
- Book at
- online.anniston.ee
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Gdańsk Główny to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Gdansk, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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