There are 6 ways to get from Cardiff to Almaty by train or plane
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Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane BHX - ALA
15h 18m$366–945Train to Bristol Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane BRS - ALA
15h 5m$260–965Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane LHR - ALA
13h 2m$479–782Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane LGW - ALA
16h 9m$383–1,117Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslowtrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane MAN - ALA
17h 7m$317–720Fly from Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane CWL - ALA
21h 26m$345–1,206
Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $310 - $750 and takes 17h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 13h 2m and costs $470 - $800.
The distance between Cardiff and Almaty is 5861 km.
It takes approximately 15h 18m to get from Cardiff to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 5h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 8:42 PM in Cardiff and 1:42 AM in Almaty.
There are 3259+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
TUI Airways, Pegasus Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–550
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Podgorica
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Almaty International Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Prague, Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $290–850
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Manchester Airport to Almaty International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- $70–110
- 1st Class
- $130–190
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- $35–55
- 1st Class
- $45–65
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- $100–130
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- $130–190
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- $75–95
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- $100–150
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- $35–50
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- $50–75
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- $29–35
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- $35–55
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Wilmslow
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Anytime Day Single
- $80–120
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