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 Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)BHX - ALA
15h 14m$313–684Train to Bristol Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)BRS - ALA
14h 36m$281–693Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)LHR - ALA
13h 2m$425–749Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)LGW - ALA
16h 9m$320–924Train to London City Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)LCY - ALA
17h 42m$612–1,236Fly from Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)CWL - ALA
21h 16m$326–1,106
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 $280 - $700 and takes 14h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 13h 2m and costs $420 - $750.
The distance between Cardiff and Almaty is 5861 km.
It takes approximately 15h 14m to get from Cardiff to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 5h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 9:05 AM in Cardiff and 2:05 PM in Almaty.
There are 3440+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
KLM, LOT, and two other airlines fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) 6 times a week.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–600
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Dublin, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- 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
- $300–1,100
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Luxembourg, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from London City Airport to Almaty International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Almaty International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Bristol Airport to Almaty International Airport via Prague, Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $260–650
- 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
- $240–750
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Almaty International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $300–800
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $9–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
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