There are 9 ways to get from Jinan to Almaty by plane, train, car, or bus
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 Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport
best- Fly from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane TNA - ALA
11h 30m$313–413Train, drive via Shijiazhuang
cheapest- Take the train from Jinan to Shijiazhuangtrain
- Take the train from Shijiazhuang to Baodingtrain
- Take the train from Baoding to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Yiningtrain
- Drive from Yining to Altynkolcar
- Take the train from Altynkol to Almaty 1train
34h 52m$109–238Drive 3,963 km
- Drive from Jinan to Almatycar 3,963 km
42h 38m$500–722Train, bus to Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Jinan to Shijiazhuangtrain
- Take the bus from Icbc to Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airportbus
- Fly from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport (SJW) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane SJW - ALA
13h 55m$160–478Train to Tianjin Binhai, fly
- Take the train from Jinan to Tianjin Southtrain
- Fly from Tianjin Binhai (TSN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane TSN - ALA
12h 26m$163–426Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Jinan to Langfang Stationtrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane PKX - ALA
11h 47m$289–733Train to Beijing Capital International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Jinan to Beijing Southtrain
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane PEK - ALA
11h 43m$314–498Train, drive
- Take the train from Jinan to Beijing Southtrain
- Take the train from Beijing West Station to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jinghe Southtrain
- Drive from Jinghe South to Dostykcar
- Take the train from Dostyk to Almaty 2train
43h 9m$114–223Bus, train, drive
- Take the bus from Jinan to Yinchuan Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Yinchuan to Ürümqitrain
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Jinghe Southtrain
- Drive from Jinghe South to Dostykcar
- Take the train from Dostyk to Almaty 2train
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Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Jinan to Almaty is to train and drive which costs $110 - $230 and takes 43h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Jinan to Almaty is to fly which takes 11h 30m and costs $310 - $420.
The distance between Jinan and Almaty is 3510 km. The road distance is 3963 km.
It takes approximately 11h 30m to get from Jinan to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 3h behind Jinan. It is currently 11:11 AM in Jinan and 8:11 AM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Jinan to Almaty is 3963 km. It takes approximately 42h 38m to drive from Jinan to Almaty.
There are 3525+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Jinan, China and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
China Southern Airlines, Air Astana, and four other airlines fly from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–440
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–550
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–360
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Yining
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–440
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–550
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–550
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–440
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–450
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Almaty International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–460
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–420
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
Flights from Tianjin Binhai to Almaty International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–700
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–500
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Yining
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–440
- Website
- s7.ru
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Train from Jinan to Shijiazhuang
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $17–24
- Adult - 1st Class
- $25–40
Train from Jinan to Shijiazhuang
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $17–24
- Adult - 1st Class
- $25–40
Train from Shijiazhuang to Baoding
- Hard Seat
- $3–5
- Hard sleeper
- $7–11
- Soft sleeper
- $12–17
Train from Baoding to Ürümqi
- Hard Seat
- $35–55
- Hard Sleeper
- $80–110
- Soft Sleeper
- $110–170
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
Train from Ürümqi to Jinghe South
- Adult - second class
- $19–28
Train from Ürümqi to Jinghe South
- Adult - second class
- $19–28
- 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
Train from Jinan to Tianjin South
- 2nd Class Seat
- $20–23
- 1st Class Seat
- $33–37
- Business Class Seat
- $45–70
Train from Jinan to Langfang Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- $24–27
- 1st Class Seat
- $40–44
- Business Class Seat
- $55–85
Train from Jinan to Beijing South
- 2nd Class Seat
- $28–31
- 1st Class Seat
- $47–51
- Business Class Seat
- $65–95
Train from Jinan to Beijing South
- 2nd Class Seat
- $28–31
- 1st Class Seat
- $47–51
- Business Class Seat
- $65–95
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Dostyk to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $18–31
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $18–20
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $27–31
Train from Dostyk to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $18–31
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $18–20
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $27–31
Train from Yinchuan to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–65
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- $26–40
- Hard Sleeper
- $50–65
- Soft Sleeper
- $80–110
- Website
- qichezhan.net
Bus from Jinan to Yinchuan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- qichezhan.net
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