There are 6 ways to get from Cardiff to Almaty by train, plane, or bus
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 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 9m$286–702Train 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 46m$220–792Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bălțibus
- Take the bus from Balti to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Passtrain
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2train
6d 21h$514–957Train 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 5m$525–939Train, 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$270–654Fly from Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane CWL - ALA
14h 37m$278–910
Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $270 - $700 and takes 16h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 13h 5m and costs $500 - $950.
The distance between Cardiff and Almaty is 5861 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Almaty without a car is to train and bus which takes 6 days 21h and costs $500 - $1,000.
It takes approximately 15h 9m to get from Cardiff to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 5h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 6:29 AM in Cardiff and 11:29 AM in Almaty.
There are 3599+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
TUI Airways, Air Astana, 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 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $250–700
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–600
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–600
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–900
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–900
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–750
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 34m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $180–490
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $190–270
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $45–60
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $60–90
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $200–380
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $200–290
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $290–380
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +373 78 59 59 59
- partners@begoo.md
- Website
- begoo.md
Bus from London Victoria to Bălți
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $79–135
- Schedules at
- begoo.md
- Adults
- $135
- Student
- $135
- Retiree
- $135
- Children
- $79
- Phone
- +373 22 542-185
- autogara@mtc.md
- Website
- autogara.md
Bus from Balti to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Schedules at
- autogara.md
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