There are 7 ways to get from Tallinn to Almaty by plane, bus, train, car, or ferry
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 Lennart Meri International Airport
best- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane TLL - ALA
13h 46m$342–602Bus, train via Karaganda
cheapest- Take the bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Kazan' North bus stationbus
- Take the train from Kazan-2 to Yekaterinburg-Passtrain
- Take the bus from Yekaterinburg Severnyi to Karagandy Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Karagandy Bus station to Almaty Sayran Bus Stationbus
3d 15h$174–254Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Ladozhsky Railway Terminal to Yekaterinburg-Passtrain
- Take the train from Yekaterinburg-Pass to Almaty 2train
3d 20h$274–509Drive 4,871.3 km
- Drive from Tallinn to Almatycar 4,871.3 km
2d 11h$895–1,292Bus to Riga International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riiabus
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane RIX - ALA
16h 32m$320–741Ferry to Helsinki Airport, fly
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane HEL - ALA
16h 25m$251–794Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Tallinn 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
3d 20h$309–568
Tallinn to Almaty by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tallinn to Almaty is to bus and train via Karaganda which costs $170 - $260 and takes 3 days 15h.
The fastest way to get from Tallinn to Almaty is to fly which takes 13h 46m and costs $340 - $600.
The distance between Tallinn and Almaty is 3927 km. The road distance is 4871.3 km.
The best way to get from Tallinn to Almaty without a car is to bus and train via Karaganda which takes 3 days 15h and costs $170 - $260.
It takes approximately 13h 46m to get from Tallinn to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 3h ahead of Tallinn. It is currently 10:31 PM in Tallinn and 1:31 AM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Tallinn to Almaty is 4871 km. It takes approximately 2 days 11h to drive from Tallinn to Almaty.
There are 3094+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Tallinn, Estonia and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) twice daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–700
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–370
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–480
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kazan-2 to Yekaterinburg-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $140–200
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $30–50
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $40–65
Train from Ladozhsky Railway Terminal to Yekaterinburg-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $280–400
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $65–95
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $80–120
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)
- $220–310
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $50–75
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $60–90
- Phone
- 8 800 775 54 53
- Website
- grandtrain.ru
Train from Kazan-2 to Yekaterinburg-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://grandtrain.ru/
- Schedules at
- https://grandtrain.ru/raspisanie/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $24–26
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $29–35
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Yekaterinburg-Pass to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $170–330
- 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)
- $170–240
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $240–330
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)
- $220–300
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $300–420
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- Phone
- +372 5656 3056
- info@balticshuttle.ee
- Website
- balticshuttle.ee
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Website
- https://www.balticshuttle.ee/en
- Phone
- (+372) 5645 9623
- buss@anniston.ee
- Website
- anniston.ee
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- anniston.ee
- Book at
- online.anniston.ee
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- eco@ecolines.ru
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Kazan' North bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $57
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Yekaterinburg Severnyi to Karagandy Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Website
- saparzhai.kz
Bus from Karagandy Bus station to Almaty Sayran Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20
- Website
- https://saparzhai.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://saparzhai.kz/расписание-автобусов
- Website
- karaganda.avokzal.kz
Bus from Karagandy Bus station to Almaty Sayran Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20
- Website
- https://karaganda.avokzal.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://karaganda.avokzal.kz/расписание-автобусов
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $36–41
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Tallinna bussijaam to Riia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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