There are 8 ways to get from Lyon 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 Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane LYS - ALA
12h 46m$407–617Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane MXP - ALA
15h 46m$275–499Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Passtrain
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2train
5d 16h$507–935Drive 6,783.7 km
- Drive from Lyon to Almatycar 6,783.7 km
3d 3h$1,215–1,755Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane GVA - ALA
14h 16m$325–653Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane MRS - ALA
14h 21m$413–983Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane TRN - ALA
17h 17m$294–936Train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Antibestrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane NCE - ALA
17h 30m$474–777
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $270 - $500 and takes 15h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Almaty is to fly which takes 12h 46m and costs $400 - $650.
The distance between Lyon and Almaty is 5544 km. The road distance is 6783.7 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Almaty without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 16h and costs $500 - $950.
It takes approximately 12h 46m to get from Lyon to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 4h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 10:43 AM in Lyon and 2:43 PM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Almaty is 6784 km. It takes approximately 3 days 3h to drive from Lyon to Almaty.
There are 3259+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
Lufthansa, LOT, and three other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Atyrau
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–750
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–600
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $110–150
- 1st Class
- $140–190
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $35–55
- 1st Class
- $60–80
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $60–85
- 1st Class
- $90–120
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Antibes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $100–140
- 1st Class
- $130–180
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $220–300
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $50–75
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $60–90
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 16h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $220–420
- 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)
- $220–310
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $300–420
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- $30–50
- Rail 1st Class
- $50–70
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- $55–90
- Rail 1st Class
- $90–130
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Karlsruhe to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $71
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
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