There are 10 ways to get from Leipzig to Irkutsk by train, plane, 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.
Train to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane FRA - IKT
19h 22m₽101,451–113,651Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Kazansky Railway Terminal to Irkutsk Pastrain
4d 17h₽19,507–36,516Train, bus via Kirov
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Hbftrain
- Take the train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepintrain
- Take the train from Rzepin to Warszawa Zachodniatrain
- Take the bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Kirovbus
- Take the train from Kirov to Irkutsk Pastrain
4d 9h₽31,195–52,340Drive 6,897.8 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Irkutskcar 6,897.8 km
3d 18h₽88,019–127,139Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane LEJ - IKT
20h 51m₽40,944–162,313Train to Dresden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane DRS - IKT
21h 17m₽50,610–194,420Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane BER - IKT
18h 47m₽31,392–116,181Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane PRG - IKT
23h 49mTrain to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane NUE - IKT
19h 41m₽39,521–147,268Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Rostov-Iaroslavskiitrain
- Take the train from Rostov-Iaroslavskii to Irkutsk Pastrain
5d 1h₽22,072–42,561
Leipzig to Irkutsk by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Irkutsk is to train and bus which costs RUB 19000 - RUB 37000 and takes 4 days 17h.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Irkutsk is to train and fly which takes 18h 47m and costs RUB 31000 - RUB 120000.
The distance between Leipzig and Irkutsk is 6559 km. The road distance is 6897.8 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Irkutsk without a car is to train and bus via Kirov which takes 4 days 9h and costs RUB 31000 - RUB 55000.
It takes approximately 19h 22m to get from Leipzig to Irkutsk, including transfers.
Irkutsk is 7h ahead of Leipzig. It is currently 2:16 PM in Leipzig and 9:16 PM in Irkutsk.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Irkutsk is 6898 km. It takes approximately 3 days 18h to drive from Leipzig to Irkutsk.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Irkutsk, Russia?
Turkish Airlines, S7 Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT) 5 times a week.
- Website
- s7.ru
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Istanbul, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽40,000–160,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Vienna, Erevan, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽41,000–160,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Antalya, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽48,000–190,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Istanbul, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽27,000–110,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Irkutsk Airport via Nur-Sultan, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–22,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Istanbul, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽34,000–140,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Osh
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽38,000–150,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Antalya, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽37,000–150,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Irkutsk Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽95,000–105,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽55,000–230,000
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Irkutsk Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽20,000–260,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Frankfurt, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽30,000–380,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Frankfurt, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₽33,000–430,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Munich, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽33,000–420,000
- Website
- uralairlines.ru
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Irkutsk Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ₽34,000–75,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–6,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽3,400–3,900
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from S+U Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽2,800–3,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽2,900–3,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽3,400–3,800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽2,900–3,300
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽5,000–5,600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Rzepin to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽1,400–2,400
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- ₽1,400–2,100
- 1st Class
- ₽1,900–2,400
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kirov to Irkutsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–15,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽40,000–60,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽9,500–14,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽10,000–15,000
Train from Kazansky Railway Terminal to Irkutsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 8h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–18,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽48,000–70,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽11,000–17,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽13,000–18,000
Train from Rostov-Iaroslavskii to Irkutsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–18,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽47,000–65,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽11,000–16,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽12,000–18,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,700–2,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽1,700–2,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,500–3,300
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽5,000–7,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Minsk Pas to Rostov-Iaroslavskii
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,300–8,500
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,300–5,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,000–8,500
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽12,000–17,000
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- bon_voyage_tour@list.ru
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- ₽12,000
- Children
- ₽6,000
Bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Kirov
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–16,000
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- ₽16,000
- Children
- ₽8,000
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- 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
- ₽3,100–12,000
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽1,700–2,400
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- eco@ecolines.ru
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Severnye Vorota Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽2,700
- Schedules at
- ecolines.by
- Book at
- ecolines.by
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