There are 8 ways to get from Basel 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 Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane BSL - ALA
12h 18m$414–755Train to Frankfurt, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane FRA - ALA
12h 28m$262–684Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the bus from Kassel 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 9h$561–1,013Drive 6,440.5 km
- Drive from Basel to Almatycar 6,440.5 km
2d 23h$1,299–1,876Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane ZRH - ALA
13h 32m$319–918Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane GVA - ALA
15h 25m$317–809Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane STR - ALA
15h 10m$316–803Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane MXP - ALA
15h 2m$298–615
Basel (BSL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $260 - $700 and takes 12h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Almaty is to fly which takes 12h 18m and costs $410 - $800.
The distance between Basel and Almaty is 5275 km. The road distance is 6440.5 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Almaty without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 9h and costs $550 - $1,100.
It takes approximately 12h 18m to get from Basel to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 4h ahead of Basel. It is currently 2:13 AM in Basel and 6:13 AM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Almaty is 6441 km. It takes approximately 2 days 23h to drive from Basel to Almaty.
There are 3613+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Basel to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–750
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–550
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $190–270
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $45–60
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $60–90
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $210–390
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $210–290
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $290–390
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $70–110
- 2nd Class
- $50–70
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–170
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $15–19
- 1st Class Ticket
- $20–29
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–28
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Kassel to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–240
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- [email protected]
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.eu
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vissa
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- [email protected]
- Website
- Markatek
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
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