There are 7 ways to get from Helsinki 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 Helsinki Airport
best- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane HEL - ALA
13h 23m$334–606Bus, train via Saksaul’skiy
cheapest- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Cheboksary Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Cheboksary Bus station to Syzranbus
- Take the train from Syzran 1 to Saksaultrain
- Take the train from Saksaul to Almaty 2train
4d 9h$137–264Bus, train
- Take the bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
- 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
4d$300–580Drive 6,746 km
- Drive from Helsinki to Almatycar 6,746 km
3d 14h$1,427–2,061Ferry to Lennart Meri International Airport, fly
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane TLL - ALA
15h 51m$370–586Train to Turku Airport, fly
- Take the train from Helsinki to Turkutrain
- Fly from Turku Airport (TKU) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane TKU - ALA
21h 17m$323–798Ferry, bus to Riga International Airport, fly
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane RIX - ALA
18h 35m$365–675
Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Helsinki to Almaty is to bus and train via Saksaul’skiy which costs $130 - $270 and takes 4 days 9h.
The fastest way to get from Helsinki to Almaty is to fly which takes 13h 23m and costs $330 - $650.
The distance between Helsinki and Almaty is 3946 km. The road distance is 6746 km.
The best way to get from Helsinki to Almaty without a car is to bus and train which takes 4 days 0h and costs $300 - $600.
It takes approximately 13h 23m to get from Helsinki to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 3h ahead of Helsinki. It is currently 10:36 AM in Helsinki and 1:36 PM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Helsinki to Almaty is 6746 km. It takes approximately 3 days 14h to drive from Helsinki to Almaty.
There are 3295+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Helsinki, Finland and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–550
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–650
Flights from Turku Airport to Almaty International Airport via Stockholm, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Turku Airport to Almaty International Airport via Helsinki Airport, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Turku Airport to Almaty International Airport via Gdansk, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Turku Airport to Almaty International Airport via Riga International Airport, Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Turku Airport to Almaty International Airport via Riga International Airport, Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $360–950
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–600
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Turku Airport to Almaty International Airport via Stockholm, Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $290–750
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- 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
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Helsinki to Turku
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
- Phone
- 1005
- [email protected]
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
Train from Syzran 1 to Saksaul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Book at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Schedules at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Sleeper
- $22–24
- Coupe
- $32–35
- SV
- $60–66
- Phone
- +996 (312) 92-68-47
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kyrgyz Railways
Train from Syzran 1 to Saksaul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Kyrgyz Railways
- Book at
- Kyrgyz Railways
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Saksaul to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–47
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $29–32
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $42–47
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Helsinki, Bus Station to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- [email protected]
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- Lux Express
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.eu
- Phone
- +372 5656 3056
- [email protected]
- Website
- Baltic Shuttle
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Baltic Shuttle
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Baltic Shuttle
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–60
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Book at
- ecolines.net
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–60
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Book at
- ecolines.net
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Cheboksary Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
- Phone
- (+372) 5645 9623
- [email protected]
- Website
- anniston.ee
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- anniston.ee
- Book at
- online.anniston.ee
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- anniston.ee
- Book at
- online.anniston.ee
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransTempo
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $34–38
- Website
- TransTempo
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Cheboksary Bus station to Syzran
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- $22–35
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- $22–35
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