There are 6 ways to get from Sabah to Perak by plane, car ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Ipoh
best- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Ipoh (IPH)plane BKI - IPH
5h 27mRM 850–1,400Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)plane BKI - KUL
- Take the train from Klia T2 to KL Sentraltrain
- Take the train from Kl Sentral to Tanjong Malimtrain
5h 54mRM 279–933Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Penang International Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Penang International Airport (PEN)plane BKI - PEN
- Take the carferry from Raja Tun Uda Ferry Terminal to Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminalcarferry
5h 49mRM 329–1,007Fly Kota Kinabalu Airport to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, train
- Fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB)plane BKI - SZB
- Take the train from Sungai Buloh to Tanjong Malimtrain
4h 41mRM 344–1,253Fly Sandakan Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, train
- Fly from Sandakan Airport (SDK) to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)plane SDK - KUL
- Take the train from Klia T2 to KL Sentraltrain
- Take the train from Kl Sentral to Tanjong Malimtrain
6h 27mRM 329–1,229Fly Tawau Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport, train
- Fly from Tawau Airport (TWU) to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL)plane TWU - KUL
- Take the train from Klia T2 to KL Sentraltrain
- Take the train from Kl Sentral to Tanjong Malimtrain
6h 42mRM 298–1,263
Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Ipoh (IPH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sabah to Perak is to fly and train which costs RM 270 - RM 950 and takes 5h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Sabah to Perak is to fly and train which takes 4h 41m and costs RM 340 - RM 1300.
The distance between Sabah and Perak is 1671 km.
It takes approximately 5h 27m to get from Sabah to Perak, including transfers.
There are 1489+ hotels available in Perak.
What companies run services between Sabah, Malaysia and Perak, Malaysia?
AirAsia and Scoot Tigerair fly from Kota Kinabalu Airport (BKI) to Ipoh (IPH) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Ipoh via Senai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 850–1,400
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Ipoh via Kuching, Senai
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 850–1,400
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Penang International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 290–700
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Penang International Airport via Senai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 290–700
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Penang International Airport via Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 290–700
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 260–600
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 320–1,200
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 320–1,200
Flights from Tawau Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 240–1,100
Flights from Tawau Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport via Kota Kinabalu Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 240–1,100
- Website
- malaysiaairlines.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Penang International Airport via Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 430–1,100
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 360–1,700
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 300–750
Flights from Tawau Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 490–2,300
- Website
- fireflyz.com.my
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Penang International Airport via Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 430–1,100
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 360–1,700
Flights from Sandakan Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 300–750
Flights from Tawau Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 490–2,300
- Website
- malindoair.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Penang International Airport via Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 500–700
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 320–1,100
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 310–900
Flights from Tawau Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RM 400–950
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Kota Kinabalu Airport to Ipoh via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RM 1,700–5,500
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- callcenter@ktmb.com.my
- Website
- KTMB
Train from Sungai Buloh to Tanjong Malim
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 1–19
- Website
- KTMB
- Shuttle
- RM 1–3
- Express
- RM 13–19
Train from Kl Sentral to Tanjong Malim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 2–21
- Website
- KTMB
- Shuttle
- RM 2–4
- Express
- RM 14–21
Train from Kl Sentral to Tanjong Malim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 2–21
- Website
- KTMB
- Shuttle
- RM 2–4
- Express
- RM 14–21
Train from Kl Sentral to Tanjong Malim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 2–21
- Website
- KTMB
- Shuttle
- RM 2–4
- Express
- RM 14–21
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- callcenter@ktmb.com.my
- Website
- KTM Intercity
Train from Sungai Buloh to Tanjong Malim
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 16–23
- Website
- KTM Intercity
- Phone
- +603 - 9779 1200
- callcenter@ktmb.com.my
- Website
- KTM
Train from Sungai Buloh to Tanjong Malim
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 17
- Website
- KTM
- Silver
- RM 13–15
- Gold
- RM 17
- Platinum
- RM 19–21
Train from Kl Sentral to Tanjong Malim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 20
- Website
- KTM
- Silver
- RM 15–17
- Gold
- RM 20
- Platinum
- RM 23–24
Train from Kl Sentral to Tanjong Malim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 20
- Website
- KTM
- Silver
- RM 15–17
- Gold
- RM 20
- Platinum
- RM 23–24
Train from Kl Sentral to Tanjong Malim
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 20
- Website
- KTM
- Silver
- RM 15–17
- Gold
- RM 20
- Platinum
- RM 23–24
- Phone
- +603 2267 8000
- customerenquiry@kliaekspres.com
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
Train from Klia T2 to KL Sentral
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 1–75
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
Train from Klia T2 to KL Sentral
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 1–75
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
Train from Klia T2 to KL Sentral
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- RM 1–75
- Website
- KLIA Ekspres
- Phone
- 04-375 2400
- info@penangport.com.my
- Website
- penangport.com.my
Car ferry from Raja Tun Uda Ferry Terminal to Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RM 1–2
- Schedules at
- penangport.com.my
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