There are 6 ways to get from Essen to Almaty by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane DUS - ALA
12h 22m$242–764Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane CGN - ALA
13h 33m$232–922Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhftrain
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Saratovbus
- Take the train from Saratov 1 Pass to Almaty 2train
4d 14h$341–776Drive 6,154.3 km
- Drive from Essen to Almatycar 6,154.3 km
2d 20h$1,014–1,465Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane FRA - ALA
11h 30m$323–794Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane AMS - ALA
14h 57m$279–570
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $270 - $600 and takes 14h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 11h 30m and costs $320 - $800.
The distance between Essen and Almaty is 5214 km. The road distance is 6154.3 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Almaty without a car is to train and bus which takes 4 days 14h and costs $340 - $800.
It takes approximately 12h 22m to get from Essen to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 4h ahead of Essen. It is currently 8:21 AM in Essen and 12:21 PM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Almaty is 6154 km. It takes approximately 2 days 20h to drive from Essen to Almaty.
There are 3143+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
LOT, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Almaty International Airport via Atyrau
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Almaty International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–430
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $280–700
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Saratov 1 Pass to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $210–400
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $210–290
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $290–400
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $18–27
- 1st Class
- $30–60
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–160
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Saratov
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
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