There are 6 ways to get from Lyon to Almaty by plane, train, bus, 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 from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane LYS - ALA
12h 56m$448–768Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane MRS - ALA
14h 31m$316–720Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Mannheim to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga 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
5d 15h$635–1,200Drive 6,781.1 km
- Drive from Lyon to Almatycar 6,781.1 km
3d 3h$1,215–1,755Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane GVA - ALA
14h 26m$374–720Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane MXP - ALA
15h 36m$379–710
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $310 - $750 and takes 14h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Almaty is to fly which takes 12h 56m and costs $440 - $800.
The distance between Lyon and Almaty is 5544 km. The road distance is 6781.1 km.
The best way to get from Lyon to Almaty without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 15h and costs $600 - $1,200.
It takes approximately 12h 56m to get from Lyon to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 3h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 5:24 PM in Lyon and 8:24 PM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Lyon to Almaty is 6781 km. It takes approximately 3 days 3h to drive from Lyon to Almaty.
There are 3539+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
LOT, Air Dolomiti, and five other airlines fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–700
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–550
- Website
- flyone.eu
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Erevan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Moskovsky Railway Terminal to Kazan-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $180–260
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $40–60
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $60–85
- Phone
- +7 (717) 260-66-60
- [email protected]
- Website
- railways.kz
Train from Kazan-Pass to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $230–450
- Website
- https://railways.kz/en/
- Schedules at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/post/schedule?_locale=us
- Book at
- https://bilet.railways.kz/?_locale=us
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $230–330
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $320–450
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Mannheim to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–280
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- [email protected]
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.eu
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- [email protected]
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- [email protected]
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $73
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
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