There are 11 ways to get from Cologne to Chelyabinsk by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Chelyabinsk Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Chelyabinsk Airport (CEK)plane CGN - CEK
22h 37m₽9,777–32,589Bus
- Take the bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Baranovichi Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Baranavichy to Moscowbus
- Take the bus from Moscow Central Bus Station to Ufa South Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Ufa South Bus Terminal to Chelyabinsk Central bus stationbus 767
3d 4h₽23,327–46,723Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepintrain 95 / ...
- Take the train from Rzepin to Gdansk Glownytrain 95
- Take the bus from Gdańsk Główny to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 802 / ...
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Chelyabinsk-Glavnytrain
3d 11h₽28,097–59,189Drive 4,074.7 km
- Drive from Cologne to Chelyabinskcar 4,074.7 km
46h 25m₽54,702–79,014Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Chelyabinsk Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Chelyabinsk Airport (CEK)plane DUS - CEK
17h 32m₽11,037–35,450Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chelyabinsk Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chelyabinsk Airport (CEK)plane FRA - CEK
13h 34m₽12,309–37,274Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport (SVX)plane CGN - SVX
- Take the train from Koltsovo to Kamensk-Uralskiytrain
- Take the train from Kamensk-Uralskii to Chelyabinsk-Glavnytrain
18h 21m₽15,950–52,162Train to Frankfurt, fly to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport (SVX)plane FRA - SVX
- Take the train from Koltsovo to Kamensk-Uralskiytrain
- Take the train from Kamensk-Uralskii to Chelyabinsk-Glavnytrain
18h 38m₽19,482–37,847Train, bus via Szczecin
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to S Ostbahnhoftrain 10 / ...
- Take the bus from Berlin to Szczecin, Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Szczecin Glowny to Elblagtrain Ic
- Take the bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 802 / ...
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Chelyabinsk-Glavnytrain
3d 13h₽26,842–57,268Bus, train
- Take the bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 909
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Chelyabinsk-Glavnytrain 426Ч
3d 16h₽19,250–30,562Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to Elblag, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 802 / ...
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Chelyabinsk-Glavnytrain
3d 18h₽19,175–35,701
Cologne to Chelyabinsk by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Chelyabinsk is to fly which costs RUB 9500 - RUB 33000 and takes 22h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Chelyabinsk is to train and fly which takes 13h 34m and costs RUB 12000 - RUB 38000.
The distance between Cologne and Chelyabinsk is 3601 km. The road distance is 4074.7 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Chelyabinsk without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 4h and costs RUB 23000 - RUB 47000.
It takes approximately 22h 37m to get from Cologne to Chelyabinsk, including transfers.
The best way to get from Cologne to Chelyabinsk is to fly which takes 22h 37m and costs RUB 9500 - RUB 33000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs RUB 23000 - RUB 47000 and takes 3 days 4h.
Chelyabinsk is 4h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 1:36 PM in Cologne and 5:36 PM in Chelyabinsk.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Chelyabinsk is 4075 km. It takes approximately 46h 25m to drive from Cologne to Chelyabinsk.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Chelyabinsk, Russia?
Eurowings, Austrian Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Chelyabinsk Airport (CEK) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Chelyabinsk Central bus station via Flughafen Köln/Bonn Bf, Köln/Bonn Airport, Baranavichy, Moscow Central Bus Station, and Ufa South Bus Terminal in around 3d 4h.
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Chelyabinsk Airport via Belgrade, Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–32,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Chelyabinsk Airport via Belgrade, Sochi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–75,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chelyabinsk Airport via Belgrade, Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–33,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chelyabinsk Airport via Belgrade, Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–31,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 14m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽19,000–80,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽18,000–80,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–70,000
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–48,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–47,000
- Website
- uralairlines.ru
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–75,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–70,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–28,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–60,000
- Website
- flyredwings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Chelyabinsk Airport via Vienna, Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽15,000–65,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Chelyabinsk Airport via Vienna, Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–65,000
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–85,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–55,000
- Website
- iraero.ru
Flights from Frankfurt to Chelyabinsk Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–55,000
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽31,000–80,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,200–2,700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–18,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,700–4,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽800–1,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽2,700–6,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to S Ostbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–22,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽1,300–3,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Gdansk Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽6,500–15,000
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Szczecin Glowny to Elblag
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–15,000
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Chelyabinsk-Glavny
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽7,000–13,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽28,000–39,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽7,000–9,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽9,000–13,000
Train from Kamensk-Uralskii to Chelyabinsk-Glavny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽850–2,600
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽6,000–9,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽850–1,200
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽1,800–2,600
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽1,300–2,200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,200–3,700
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- rzd.ru
Train from Koltsovo to Kamensk-Uralskiy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽270–1,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- Lastochka Train
- ₽700–1,000
- Commuter Electric Train
- ₽270–380
- Phone
- 8 800 775 54 53
- Website
- grandtrain.ru
Train from Kamensk-Uralskii to Chelyabinsk-Glavny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽430–700
- Website
- https://grandtrain.ru/
- Schedules at
- https://grandtrain.ru/raspisanie/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽660–700
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽430–500
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽1,600–2,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Baranovichi Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–31,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +375 165 641144
- mail@pinskap.by
- Website
- pinskap.by
Bus from Baranavichy to Moscow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽4,900–8,500
- Schedules at
- pinskap.by
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Moscow Central Bus Station to Ufa South Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽3,200–4,500
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Ufa South Bus Terminal to Chelyabinsk Central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽950–2,200
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- info@avl39.ru
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Gdańsk Główny to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽4,200–6,500
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Elbląg to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽3,300–6,000
- Schedules at
- avl39.ru
- Book at
- avl39.ru
Bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Kaliningrad Bus station
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Berlin to Szczecin, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽850–1,500
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Essen central train station to Elblag, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–13,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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