There are 6 ways to get from Cardiff to Almaty by train or plane
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 London Heathrow Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane LHR - ALA
13h 24m$461–909Train 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
16h 3m$306–1,056Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane BHX - ALA
15h 23m$338–1,115Train, 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 27m$427–1,083Train to London City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane LCY - ALA
15h 29m$459–1,595Fly from Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane CWL - ALA
16h 46m$359–1,412
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $460 - $950 and takes 13h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 13h 24m and costs $460 - $950.
The distance between Cardiff and Almaty is 5892 km.
It takes approximately 13h 24m to get from Cardiff to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 4h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 11:05 AM in Cardiff and 3:05 PM in Almaty.
There are 3508+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
TUI Airways, Air Astana, and four other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Dubrovnik, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Podgorica
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,700
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Luxembourg, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- 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
- $320–1,100
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
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