There are 8 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 41m$338–1,118Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane TRN - ALA
17h 8m$253–809Train, bus
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu 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 14h$614–1,046Drive 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 31m$254–707Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly
- 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$333–704Train, 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 46m$335–528Train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Antibestrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane NCE - ALA
17h 11m$561–878
Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lyon to Almaty is to train and fly which costs $250 - $750 and takes 14h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Lyon to Almaty is to fly which takes 12h 41m and costs $330 - $1,200.
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 14h and costs $600 - $1,100.
It takes approximately 12h 41m to get from Lyon to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 4h ahead of Lyon. It is currently 7:19 PM in Lyon and 11:19 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 3613+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Lyon, France and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
Airbus France, Lufthansa, 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 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–700
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $380–900
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Almaty International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–550
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Antibes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- TGV inOui
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- 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
- $60–100
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.eu
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vissa
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- [email protected]
- Website
- Markatek
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
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