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
16h 8m$236–563Train, bus via Khimki
- 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$360–821Drive 4,669.9 km
- Drive from Budapest, Stadion autóbusz-pályaudvar to Karagandacar 4,669.9 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
18h 32m$254–993Shuttle to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, fly to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Fly from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane BEG - NQZ
- Take the train from Astana Nurly Zhol to Karaganda Passtrain
17h 18m$311–879Shuttle to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, fly to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Budapest to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Fly from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport (KGF)plane BEG - KGF
17h$280–1,023Train, bus
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Tychytrain
- Take the train from Tychy 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 14h$396–815Bus, train via Kalininskiy
- Take the bus from Budapest to Chişinău Southern Busbus
- Take the bus from Chişinău Southern Bus 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 16h$400–730Bus, 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 16h$366–663
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 - $600 and takes 16h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Karaganda is to fly and train which takes 16h 8m and costs $230 - $600.
The distance between Budapest and Karaganda is 3971 km. The road distance is 4669.9 km.
The best way to get from Budapest to Karaganda without a car is to train and bus via Khimki which takes 3 days 23h and costs $360 - $850.
It takes approximately 16h 8m to get from Budapest to Karaganda, including transfers.
Karaganda is 3h ahead of Budapest. It is currently 2:30 PM in Budapest and 5:30 PM in Karaganda.
Yes, the driving distance between Budapest to Karaganda is 4670 km. It takes approximately 2 days 11h to drive from Budapest to Karaganda.
There are four+ hotels available in Karaganda.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Karaganda, Kazakhstan?
There is no direct connection from Budapest to Karaganda. However, you can take the bus to Budapest Airport, walk to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) airport, fly to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ), walk to Astana Airport, take the line 10 bus to Dom Ministerstv, take the line 50 bus to Astana Nurly Zhol, walk to Astana Nurly Zhol, then take the train to Karaganda Pass. Alternatively, you can take a train from Budapest-Nyugati to Karaganda Pass via Brno Hlavni Nadrazi, Nové sady, Autobusové nádraží, Brno ÚAN Zvonařka, Minsk Central Bus Station, Moskow, Bus Station " Northern Gate", Khovrino, Paveletskaya, and Paveletsky Rail Terminal in around 3d 23h.
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Shimkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–370
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–370
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,400
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Aktau
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–430
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–800
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Podgorica, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport to Karaganda Sary-Arka Airport via Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–650
- 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
- $4–6
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $23–35
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $13–18
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $4–6
- 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
- $6–10
- 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)
- $7–9
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $6–10
- 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
- $55–110
- 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)
- $55–80
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $75–110
Train from Paveletsky Rail Terminal to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $230–430
- 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)
- $230–320
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $310–430
Train from Aksakovo to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $140–280
- 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)
- $140–210
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $200–280
Train from Kazan-Pass to Karaganda Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 12m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $170–330
- 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)
- $170–240
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $230–330
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
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $40–65
- 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
- $19–23
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Tychy
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $31–36
- 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
- $16–27
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Tychy to Gdansk Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110–260
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Tychy to Gdansk Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Aksakovo
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $320–460
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $80–110
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $100–150
Train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $210–300
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $50–65
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $65–95
- 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
- $110
- 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
- $85–330
- 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
- $20–40
- 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
- $23–35
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- + 381 011 7555 675
- info@axiostravel.com
- Website
- axiostravel.com
Shuttle from Budapest to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://axiostravel.com/en/
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Gdańsk Główny to Kaliningrad Bus station
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Budapest to Chişinău Southern Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- Phone
- +373 22 542-185
- autogara@mtc.md
- Website
- autogara.md
Bus from Chişinău Southern Bus to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Schedules at
- autogara.md
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Gdansk, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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