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 Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane DUS - NQZ
12h 2m$323–878Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane CGN - NQZ
12h 39m$214–664Train, 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$368–765Bus, 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$824–1,189Train 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$262–821Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane BRU - NQZ
12h 38m$424–746Train, bus to Luxembourg, fly
- Take the train from Köln Süd Bf to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsbackbus
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane LUX - NQZ
16h 5m$236–792Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ)plane EIN - NQZ
16h 20m$276–787Train, 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$404–1,025
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Astana is to fly which costs $210 - $700 and takes 12h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Astana is to train and fly which takes 10h 29m and costs $260 - $850.
The distance between Cologne and Astana is 4439 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 - $800.
It takes approximately 12h 2m to get from Cologne to Astana, including transfers.
Astana is 4h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 10:45 AM in Cologne and 2:45 PM 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 2607+ hotels available in Astana.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Astana, Kazakhstan?
AJet, Turkish Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Brussels Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Luxembourg to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Luxembourg to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Luxembourg to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Uralsk
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
Flights from Luxembourg to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–900
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–480
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–480
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $250–750
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Brussels Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–800
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Brussels Airport to Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–24
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- 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
- $75–140
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $300–420
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $75–100
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $95–140
Train from Krymskaya to Omsk-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $350–490
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $90–120
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $110–170
Train from Pervomayskaya to Petropavlovsk
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 8h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $320–450
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $80–110
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $100–150
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–24
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $13–15
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $21–24
Train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–24
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $13–15
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $21–24
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $30–40
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $23–30
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $9–12
Train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $30–40
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $23–30
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $9–12
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Süd Bf to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Neuss Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–18
- Website
- Eurobahn
- 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
- $170–390
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Braunschweig to Gomel Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–420
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Hanover to Zhlobin
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–410
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Zhlobin to Rostov-on-Don bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–310
- 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
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- [email protected]
- Website
- Mobiliteit
Bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsback
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Mobiliteit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Estimated price
- $11–16
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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