There are 8 ways to get from Yoshkar-Ola to Almaty by bus, plane, train, 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.
Bus to Cheboksary Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Yoshkar-Ola to Cheboksary Bus station
- Fly from Cheboksary Airport (CSY) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)CSY - ALA
15h 9m$142–617Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Yoshkar-Ola to Perm' Bus station
- Take the bus from Perm' Bus station to Yekaterinburg Yuzhniy bus station
- Take the bus from Yekaterinburg Severnyi to Karagandy Bus station
- Take the bus from Karagandy Bus station to Almaty Sayran Bus Station
2d 20h$90–133Train
- Take the train from Yoshkar-Ola to Kazan-Pass6382
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2114Ц
2d 19h$214–406Drive 3,218.4 km
- Drive from Yoshkar-Ola to Almaty3,218.4 km
36h 55m$264–381Train to Kazan, fly
- Take the train from Yoshkar-Ola to Kazan-Pass
- Fly from Kazan (KZN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)KZN - ALA
10h 45m$305–858Bus to Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Yoshkar-Ola Bus station to Ulyanovsk Bus station
- Fly from Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport (ULV) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)ULV - ALA
16h 44m$148–625Bus, bus to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Yoshkar-Ola to Cheboksary Bus station
- Take the bus from Cheboksary Bus station to Nizhny Novgorod Kanavinskiy
- Fly from Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (GOJ) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)GOJ - ALA
17h 16m$303–1,439Train via Bishkek
- Take the train from Yoshkar-Ola to Kazan-Pass
- Take the train from Kazan-Pass to Bischkek 2406
- Take the train from Bischkek 2 to Almaty 1385
3d 12h
Cheboksary Airport (CSY) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Yoshkar-Ola to Almaty is to bus which costs $90 - $140 and takes 2 days 20h.
The fastest way to get from Yoshkar-Ola to Almaty is to train and fly which takes 10h 45m and costs $300 - $900.
No, there is no direct train from Yoshkar-Ola to Almaty. However, there are services departing from Yoshkar-Ola and arriving at Almaty 2 via Kazan-Pass. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 19h.
The distance between Yoshkar-Ola and Almaty is 2641 km. The road distance is 3218.4 km.
The best way to get from Yoshkar-Ola to Almaty without a car is to train which takes 2 days 19h and costs $210 - $410.
It takes approximately 15h 9m to get from Yoshkar-Ola to Almaty, including transfers.
Yoshkar-Ola to Almaty train services, operated by Sodruzhestvo PPK, depart from Yoshkar-Ola station.
The best way to get from Yoshkar-Ola to Almaty is to train which takes 2 days 19h and costs $210 - $410. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $90 - $140 and takes 2 days 20h.
Almaty is 2h ahead of Yoshkar-Ola. It is currently 2:52 AM in Yoshkar-Ola and 4:52 AM in Almaty.
Yoshkar-Ola to Almaty train services, operated by Sodruzhestvo PPK, arrive at Kazan-Pass station.
What companies run services between Yoshkar-Ola, Russia and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
You can take a train from Yoshkar-Ola to Almaty 2 via Kazan-Pass in around 2d 19h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Yoshkar-Ola to Almaty Sayran Bus Station via Perm' Bus station, Yekaterinburg Yuzhniy bus station, Chkalovskaya, Uralskaya, Yekaterinburg Severnyi, and Karagandy Bus station in around 2d 20h.
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Cheboksary Airport to Almaty International Airport via Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport to Almaty International Airport via Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Nizhny Novgorod International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- flyredwings.com
Flights from Kazan to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Kazan to Almaty International Airport via Koltsovo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
- Website
- s7.ru
Flights from Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport to Almaty International Airport via Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Nizhny Novgorod International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Nizhny Novgorod International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
- Phone
- 8 (800) 550-53-93
- Website
- sodruzhestvoppk.ru
Train from Yoshkar-Ola to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://sodruzhestvoppk.ru
- Schedules at
- https://sodruzhestvoppk.ru/raspisanie-elektrichek
- Book at
- https://www.rzd.ru/
- 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
- $210–400
- 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)
- $210–290
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $290–400
- Phone
- +996 (312) 30 02 09
- Website
- railway.kg
Train from Kazan-Pass to Bischkek 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 20h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–550
- Website
- https://railway.kg/?lang=en
- Book at
- https://ticket.railway.kg/
Train from Bischkek 2 to Almaty 1
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- https://railway.kg/?lang=en
- Book at
- https://ticket.railway.kg/
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Yoshkar-Ola to Cheboksary Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Yoshkar-Ola to Perm' Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Perm' Bus station to Yekaterinburg Yuzhniy bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–26
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Yekaterinburg Severnyi to Karagandy Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Yoshkar-Ola Bus station to Ulyanovsk Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +7 (8412) 94-59-33
- info@avtovokzal-penza.ru
- Website
- avtovokzal-penza.ru
Bus from Yoshkar-Ola to Cheboksary Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- avtovokzal-penza.ru
- Phone
- +78342245466
- avtovokzal2003@mail.ru
- Website
- автовокзал13.рф
Bus from Yoshkar-Ola to Cheboksary Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- автовокзал13.рф
- Website
- saparzhai.kz
Bus from Karagandy Bus station to Almaty Sayran Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- 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
- $19
- Website
- https://karaganda.avokzal.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://karaganda.avokzal.kz/расписание-автобусов
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Cheboksary Bus station to Nizhny Novgorod Kanavinskiy
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
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