There are 10 ways to get from China to Almaty by plane, train, car, or subway
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Fly from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
best- Fly from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane CTU - ALA
9h 54m$262–432Train, drive
cheapest- Take the train from Chongqing North to Lanzhoutrain
- Take the train from Lanzhou to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jinghe Southtrain
- Drive from Jinghe South to Dostykcar
- Take the train from Dostyk to Almaty 2train
2d 2h$101–223Train, drive via Beijing
- Take the train from Chongqing North to Beijing West Stationtrain
- Take the train from Beijing West Station to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Yiningtrain
- Drive from Yining to Altynkolcar
- Take the train from Altynkol to Almaty 1train
39h 54m$189–304Drive 3,834.4 km
- Drive from Chongqing to Almatycar 3,834.4 km
38h 25m$484–698Subway to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly
- Take the subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport Northsubway
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane TFU - ALA
8h 39m$252–403Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane PEK - ALA
8h 57m$273–606Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane PKX - ALA
9h 28m$215–387Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane HGH - ALA
10h 18m$200–371Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane CAN - ALA
10h 28m$241–443Train, drive #2
- Take the train from Shapingba to Mianyang train stationtrain
- Take the train from Mianyang to Turfantrain
- Take the train from Turpan to Ürümqi Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jinghe Southtrain
- Drive from Jinghe South to Dostykcar
- Take the train from Dostyk to Almaty 2train
2d 15h$107–202
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from China to Almaty is to train and drive which costs $100 - $230 and takes 2 days 2h.
The fastest way to get from China to Almaty is to subway and fly which takes 8h 39m and costs $250 - $410.
The distance between China and Almaty is 2798 km. The road distance is 3834.4 km.
It takes approximately 9h 54m to get from China to Almaty, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between China to Almaty is 3834 km. It takes approximately 38h 25m to drive from China to Almaty.
There are 3185+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between China and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
Sichuan Airlines, China Southern Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–430
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Lanzhou, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–430
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–450
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–380
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–360
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–360
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–360
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–460
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–460
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–460
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–460
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–380
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–650
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–650
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–420
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–390
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–390
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–600
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–550
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–480
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–650
- Website
- s7.ru
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Train from Chongqing North to Beijing West Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $105–120
- 1st Class Seat
- $180–200
- Business Class Seat
- $270–390
Train from Shapingba to Mianyang train station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $26–29
- 1st Class Seat
- $43–47
- Business Class Seat
- $60–90
Train from Beijing West Station to Ürümqi
- Hard Seat
- $35–55
- Hard Sleeper
- $80–110
- Soft Sleeper
- $110–170
Train from Lanzhou to Ürümqi
- Hard Seat
- $25–40
- Hard Sleeper
- $55–65
- Soft Sleeper
- $75–110
Train from Ürümqi to Yining
- Adult - second class
- $27–40
Train from Ürümqi to Jinghe South
- Adult - second class
- $18–27
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Altynkol to Almaty 1
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport North
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Phone
- +86-010-96165
Train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Schedules at
- bdia.com.cn
Train from Chongqing North to Lanzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $35–55
- Adult - 1st Class
- $60–90
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Dostyk to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- 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)
- $17–23
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $12–18
Train from Mianyang to Turfan
- Hard Seat
- $35–55
- Hard sleeper
- $65–95
- Soft sleeper
- $100–140
Train from Turpan to Ürümqi Station
- Hard Seat
- $3–5
- Hard sleeper
- $7–11
- Soft sleeper
- $12–17
- Phone
- +86 010-12306
- Website
- china-railway.com.cn
Train from Turpan to Ürümqi Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–10
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
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