There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Astana by train, plane, bus, taxi, 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.
Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane DUS - NQZ
12h 36m$343–700Train, train to Luxembourg, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane LUX - NQZ
16h 28m$314–857Train, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Hanover to Babruysk Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Babruysk Bus station to Kursk Bus stationbus
- Take the taxi from Kursk Bus station to Rjavataxi
- Take the train from Rjava to Petropavlovsktrain
- Take the train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1train
4d 9h$367–909Bus, taxi, train
- Take the bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Braunschweig, Berliner Platzbus
- Take the bus from Braunschweig to Gomel Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Gomel Bus Station to Kabardinkabus
- Take the taxi from Kabardinka to Krymskayataxi
- Take the train from Krymskaya to Omsk-Passtrain
- Take the bus from Omsk Bus station to Saparzhai bus stationbus
5d 22hDrive 4,998 km
- Drive from Cologne to Astanacar 4,998 km
2d 10h$824–1,189Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane CGN - NQZ
12h 29m$324–565Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane FRA - NQZ
10h 29m$347–806Train to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane DTM - NQZ
15h 23mTrain to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane BRU - NQZ
14h 5m$468–781Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Hanover to Zhlobinbus
- Take the bus from Zhlobin to Rostov-on-Don bus stationbus
- Take the train from Pervomayskaya to Petropavlovsktrain
- Take the train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1train
4d 23h$399–1,184
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Astana is to fly which costs $320 - $600 and takes 12h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Astana is to train and fly which takes 10h 29m and costs $340 - $850.
The distance between Cologne and Astana is 4432 km. The road distance is 4998 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Astana without a car is to train and bus and taxi which takes 4 days 9h and costs $360 - $950.
It takes approximately 12h 36m to get from Cologne to Astana, including transfers.
Astana is 3h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 1:16 AM in Cologne and 4:16 AM in Astana.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Astana is 4998 km. It takes approximately 2 days 10h to drive from Cologne to Astana.
There are 2717+ hotels available in Astana.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Astana, Kazakhstan?
Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Brussels Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Luxembourg to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Brussels Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Luxembourg to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–700
Flights from Luxembourg to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Tbilisi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Uralsk
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–800
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Brussels Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
Flights from Luxembourg to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–600
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–280
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–280
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Rjava to Petropavlovsk
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $280–400
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $70–95
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $90–130
Train from Krymskaya to Omsk-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $330–470
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $85–120
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $110–160
Train from Pervomayskaya to Petropavlovsk
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 8h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $300–430
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $75–110
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $100–140
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $11–15
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $9–13
Train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $11–15
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $9–13
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $29–40
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $18–26
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $7–11
Train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $29–40
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $18–26
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $7–11
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trans Regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH (MittelrheinBahn)
Train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–27
- Schedules at
- Trans Regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH (MittelrheinBahn)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 621 830 1200
- Website
- Süwex
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Schedules at
- Süwex
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- Süwex
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–28
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- Luxembourg Railways (CFL)
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- [email protected]
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Hanover to Babruysk Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–410
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Braunschweig to Gomel Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–440
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Hanover to Zhlobin
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–430
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Zhlobin to Rostov-on-Don bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–320
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- [email protected]
- Website
- OrionBus
Bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Braunschweig, Berliner Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- OrionBus
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Omsk Bus station to Saparzhai bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Estimated price
- $10–15
Yandex Taxi
- Phone
- +7 (4712) 722 722
- Website
- taxi.yandex.ru
Citymobil
- Phone
- +7 861 205-55-55
- Website
- city-mobil.ru
Maxim
- Phone
- +7 8617 22-22-22
- Website
- taximaxim.ru
Yandex Taxi
- Phone
- +7 8617 26-00-00
- Website
- taxi.yandex.ru
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