There are 5 ways to get from Hong Kong to Shymkent by 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.
Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Shymkent International Airport
best- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Shymkent International Airport (CIT)plane HKG - CIT
13h 10m$147–429Train, drive
- Take the train from West Kowloon Station to Beijing West Stationtrain
- Take the train from Beijing West Station to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Yiningtrain
- Drive from Yining to Altynkolcar
- Take the train from Altynkol to Almaty 1train
- Take the train from Almaty 1 to Shymkenttrain
2d 4h$191–439Train to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, fly to Shymkent International Airport
- Take the train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Shymkent International Airport (CIT)plane CAN - CIT
14h 34m$175–618Fly Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Shymkent International Airport
- Fly from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX) to Shymkent International Airport (CIT)plane SZX - CIT
14h 59m$186–573Train to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, fly to Tashkent International Airport, train
- Take the train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Tashkent International Airport (TAS)plane CAN - TAS
- Take the train from Tashkent Central to Shymkenttrain
19h 20m$239–624
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Shymkent International Airport (CIT) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hong Kong to Shymkent is to train and drive which costs $190 - $440 and takes 2 days 4h.
The fastest way to get from Hong Kong to Shymkent is to fly which takes 13h 10m and costs $140 - $430.
The distance between Hong Kong and Shymkent is 4708 km.
It takes approximately 13h 10m to get from Hong Kong to Shymkent, including transfers.
Shymkent is 3h behind Hong Kong. It is currently 1:00 AM in Hong Kong and 10:00 PM in Shymkent.
There are 304+ hotels available in Shymkent.
What companies run services between Hong Kong and Shymkent, Kazakhstan?
Cathay Pacific, Air Astana, and four other airlines fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Shymkent International Airport (CIT) 3 times a day.
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Sanya
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–600
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Tianfu International, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–420
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–800
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Sanya
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–650
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $250–700
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Sanya
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–850
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $300–850
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Tianfu International, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–550
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–750
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–600
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–550
- Website
- taban.aero
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–600
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–470
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Train from West Kowloon Station to Beijing West Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $140–160
- 1st Class Seat
- $240–270
- Business Class Seat
- $350–500
Train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- $12–14
- 1st Class Seat
- $19–22
- Business Class Seat
- $27–40
Train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- $12–14
- 1st Class Seat
- $19–22
- Business Class Seat
- $27–40
Train from West Kowloon Station to Beijing West Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–240
- Schedules at
- highspeed.mtr.com.hk
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $95–130
- Adult - 1st Class
- $170–240
Train from Beijing West Station to Ürümqi
- Hard Seat
- $35–60
- Hard Sleeper
- $85–110
- Soft Sleeper
- $120–170
Train from Ürümqi to Yining
- Adult - second class
- $28–40
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Altynkol to Almaty 1
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Almaty 1 to Shymkent
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–29
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $16–18
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $25–29
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Almaty 1 to Shymkent
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $40–55
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $35–50
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $13–17
Train from Tashkent Central to Shymkent
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $21–29
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $12–15
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $5–8
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