There are 8 ways to get from Kutaisi to Shymkent by plane, bus, train, car, or shuttle
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 Kutaisi International Airport
best- Fly from Kutaisi International Airport (KUT) to Shymkent International Airport (CIT)plane KUT - CIT
8h 53m$184–557Bus, train #2
cheapest- Take the bus from Kutaisi Bus station to Pyatigorsk Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Pyatigorsk Bus station to Volgograd Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Volgograd Bus station to Volzhskybus
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Tashkent Centraltrain
- Take the train from Tashkent Central to Shymkenttrain
3d 14h$178–224Bus, train via Aktobe
- Take the bus from Kutaisi Bus station to Nevinnomysskbus
- Take the bus from Nevinnomyssk to Saratovbus 516
- Take the bus from Saratov to Samara Central Bus stationbus 720
- Take the bus from Samara Central Bus station to Aktobe Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Aktobe to Shymkenttrain
3d 11h$207–448Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kutaisi Bus station to Pyatigorsk Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Piatigorsk to Saratov 1 Passtrain
- Take the train from Saratov 1 Pass to Shymkenttrain
3d 12h$312–492Drive 3,314.4 km
- Drive from Kutaisi to Shymkentcar 3,314.4 km
2d 2h$406–586Bus to Tbilisi International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Kutaisi Bus station to Tbilisi Okribabus
- Fly from Tbilisi International Airport (TBS) to Shymkent International Airport (CIT)plane TBS - CIT
9h 26m$227–397Shuttle to Batumi International Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Kutaisi Airport to Batumi House of Justice
- Fly from Batumi International Airport (BUS) to Shymkent International Airport (CIT)plane BUS - CIT
17h 4m$214–617Bus, train #3
- Take the bus from Kutaisi Bus station to Pyatigorsk Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Piatigorsk to Orenburgtrain
- Take the train from Orenburg to Shymkenttrain 318
3d 18h
Kutaisi International Airport (KUT) to Shymkent International Airport (CIT) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kutaisi to Shymkent is to bus and train which costs $170 - $230 and takes 3 days 14h.
The fastest way to get from Kutaisi to Shymkent is to fly which takes 8h 53m and costs $180 - $600.
The distance between Kutaisi and Shymkent is 2250 km. The road distance is 3314.4 km.
The best way to get from Kutaisi to Shymkent without a car is to bus and train via Aktobe which takes 3 days 11h and costs $200 - $450.
It takes approximately 8h 53m to get from Kutaisi to Shymkent, including transfers.
Shymkent is 1h ahead of Kutaisi. It is currently 6:50 PM in Kutaisi and 7:50 PM in Shymkent.
Yes, the driving distance between Kutaisi to Shymkent is 3314 km. It takes approximately 2 days 2h to drive from Kutaisi to Shymkent.
There are 340+ hotels available in Shymkent.
What companies run services between Kutaisi, Georgia and Shymkent, Kazakhstan?
Flyr and SCAT fly from Kutaisi International Airport (KUT) to Shymkent International Airport (CIT) 3 times a week.
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Kutaisi International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $280–700
Flights from Kutaisi International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
Flights from Batumi International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $310–750
Flights from Batumi International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Atyrau
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Kutaisi International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Aktau
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Shymkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–370
Flights from Batumi International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Aktau
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $200–600
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Tbilisi International Airport to Shymkent International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–700
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Aktobe to Shymkent
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–30
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 1st Class (Lux)
- $65–95
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $75–95
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- $24–30
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
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Aktobe to Shymkent
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–220
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $110–170
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $170–220
Train from Saratov 1 Pass to Shymkent
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $160–300
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $160–230
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $230–300
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Aktobe to Shymkent
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–43
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $26–28
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $38–43
- Phone
- +996 (312) 92-68-47
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kyrgyz Railways
Train from Aktobe to Shymkent
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Kyrgyz Railways
- Book at
- Kyrgyz Railways
Train from Orenburg to Shymkent
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Kyrgyz Railways
- Book at
- Kyrgyz Railways
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Piatigorsk to Saratov 1 Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $180–260
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $40–55
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $55–80
Train from Piatigorsk to Orenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $280–400
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $70–95
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $90–130
- Phone
- 1005
- [email protected]
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
Train from Volzhsky to Tashkent Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 5h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $38–61
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Book at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Schedules at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Sleeper
- $38–41
- Coupe
- $56–61
- SV
- $105–120
- Phone
- +995 555 68 50 05
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Kutaisi Bus station to Nevinnomyssk
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $116
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Kutaisi Bus station to Pyatigorsk Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $113
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Kutaisi Bus station to Pyatigorsk Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $113
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Kutaisi Bus station to Pyatigorsk Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $113
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Nevinnomyssk to Saratov
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Saratov to Samara Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–27
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Samara Central Bus station to Aktobe Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Volgograd Bus station to Volzhsky
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +995 422-24-22-44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Metro Georgia
Bus from Kutaisi Bus station to Tbilisi Okriba
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–24
- Website
- Metro Georgia
- Book at
- Metro Georgia
- Phone
- +995 322 159 259
- Website
- Omnibus Express
Shuttle from Kutaisi Airport to Batumi House of Justice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $10
- Website
- Omnibus Express
- Website
- Kavminvody Avto
Bus from Pyatigorsk Bus station to Volgograd Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $25
- Website
- Kavminvody Avto
- Book at
- Regionbilet
- Phone
- +7 (8442) 37‑37-90
- Website
- avtovokzal-volgograd.ru
Bus from Volgograd Bus station to Volzhsky
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- avtovokzal-volgograd.ru
- Phone
- +78342245466
- [email protected]
- Website
- автовокзал13.рф
Bus from Volgograd Bus station to Volzhsky
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- автовокзал13.рф
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