There are 7 ways to get from Tallinn to Almaty by plane, bus, train, car, or ferry
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 Lennart Meri International Airport
best- Fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane TLL - ALA
13h 21m$352–552Bus, train #2
cheapest- Take the bus from Tallinn Mustakivi to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Riajsk 1train
- Take the train from Ryazhsk-1 to Saksaultrain
- Take the train from Saksaul to Almaty 2train
4d 6h$136–266Bus, train via Karaganda
- Take the bus from Tallinn Mustakivi to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Kazan' North bus stationbus
- Take the train from Kazan-2 to Yekaterinburg-Passtrain
- Take the bus from Yekaterinburg Severnyi to Karagandy Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Karagandy Bus station to Almaty Sayran Bus Stationbus
3d 18h$148–285Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tallinn 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
3d 18h$293–564Drive 4,870.2 km
- Drive from Tallinn to Almatycar 4,870.2 km
2d 12h$895–1,292Bus to Riga International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane RIX - ALA
15h 20m$345–639Ferry to Helsinki Airport, fly
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
- Fly from Helsinki Airport (HEL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane HEL - ALA
16h$355–643
Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Tallinn to Almaty is to bus and train which costs $130 - $270 and takes 4 days 6h.
The fastest way to get from Tallinn to Almaty is to fly which takes 13h 21m and costs $350 - $550.
The distance between Tallinn and Almaty is 3927 km. The road distance is 4870.2 km.
The best way to get from Tallinn to Almaty without a car is to bus and train via Karaganda which takes 3 days 18h and costs $140 - $290.
It takes approximately 13h 21m to get from Tallinn to Almaty, including transfers.
Almaty is 3h ahead of Tallinn. It is currently 5:16 AM in Tallinn and 8:16 AM in Almaty.
Yes, the driving distance between Tallinn to Almaty is 4870 km. It takes approximately 2 days 12h to drive from Tallinn to Almaty.
There are 3351+ hotels available in Almaty.
What companies run services between Tallinn, Estonia and Almaty, Kazakhstan?
Turkish Airlines, LOT, and two other airlines fly from Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) twice daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–550
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Almaty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–800
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–650
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–550
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Almaty International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Lennart Meri International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Riga International Airport to Almaty International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Helsinki Airport to Almaty International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–600
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Kazan-2 to Yekaterinburg-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–60
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $130–190
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $28–40
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $40–60
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
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Riajsk 1
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $150–220
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $30–45
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $45–70
- Phone
- 8 800 775 54 53
- Website
- Grand Service Express
Train from Kazan-2 to Yekaterinburg-Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $22–33
- Website
- Grand Service Express
- Schedules at
- Grand Service Express
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $22–25
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $28–33
- 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
- Phone
- +996 (312) 92-68-47
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kyrgyz Railways
Train from Ryazhsk-1 to Saksaul
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Kyrgyz Railways
- Book at
- Kyrgyz Railways
- Phone
- 1005
- [email protected]
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
Train from Ryazhsk-1 to Saksaul
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $29–47
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Book at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Schedules at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Sleeper
- $29–32
- Coupe
- $43–47
- SV
- $80–90
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Saksaul to Almaty 2
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–47
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- $29–32
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- $42–47
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- [email protected]
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinn Mustakivi to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- Lux Express
Bus from Tallinn Mustakivi to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.eu
- Phone
- +372 5656 3056
- [email protected]
- Website
- Baltic Shuttle
Bus from Tallinn Mustakivi to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Baltic Shuttle
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Baltic Shuttle
Bus from Tallinn Mustakivi to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Baltic Shuttle
- Phone
- +7 812 386 79 79
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Kazan' North bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Schedules at
- ecolines.ru
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–60
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Book at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Yekaterinburg Severnyi to Karagandy Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Karagandy Bus station to Almaty Sayran Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23
- Website
- Astana Saparzhai Bus Terminal
- Schedules at
- Astana Saparzhai Bus Terminal
- Website
- Karagandy Bus Terminal
Bus from Karagandy Bus station to Almaty Sayran Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23
- Website
- Karagandy Bus Terminal
- Schedules at
- Karagandy Bus Terminal
- Phone
- (+372) 5645 9623
- [email protected]
- Website
- anniston.ee
Bus from Tallinn Central Bus station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- anniston.ee
- Book at
- online.anniston.ee
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransTempo
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $34–38
- Website
- TransTempo
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- $22–35
Want to know more about travelling around Kazakhstan
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Want to know more about Flixbus?
Read the travel guide
How to plan an amazing trip around Scandinavia
Read the travel guide






































