There are 8 ways to get from Essen to Almaty by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane DUS - ALA
12h 12m$369–875Fly from Dortmund Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane DTM - ALA
15h 4m$274–971Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Braunschweig to Baranovichi Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Baranavichy to Moscowbus
- Take the train from Moscow Vostochny Station to Kamensk-Uralskiitrain
- Take the train from Kamensk-Uralskii to Almaty 2train
4d 12h$502–1,060Drive 6,154.9 km
- Drive from Essen to Almatycar 6,154.9 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 34m$363–753Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- 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 37m$360–607Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane AMS - ALA
14h 25m$385–695Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Aachen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane BRU - ALA
16h 24m$424–744
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 $360 - $800 and takes 11h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 11h 34m and costs $360 - $800.
The distance between Essen and Almaty is 5214 km. The road distance is 6154.9 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Almaty without a car is to train and bus which takes 4 days 12h and costs $500 - $1,100.
It takes approximately 12h 12m to get from Essen to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 3h ahead of Essen. It is currently 5:18 AM in Essen and 8:18 AM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Almaty is 6155 km. It takes approximately 2 days 20h to drive from Essen to Almaty.
There are 3488+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
LOT, Turkish Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–450
Flights from Brussels Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Almaty International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–600
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–750
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Brussels Airport to Almaty International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Moscow Vostochny Station to Kamensk-Uralskii
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $230–330
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $55–75
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $75–110
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Kamensk-Uralskii to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $170–340
- 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)
- $170–250
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $240–340
- 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
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Essen Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Braunschweig to Baranovichi Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $150–320
- 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
- $60–100
- Schedules at
- pinskap.by
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