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Delhi to Shymkent

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Delhi to Shymkent. From €203.69, fastest 8h 2m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Delhi to Shymkent runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €203.69, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 8h 2m over 2,296 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €203.69, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€203.69

  • 184%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Delhi

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €600.17Thu24
  2. about €529.96Fri25
  3. about €520.52Sat26
  4. about €461.52Sun27
  5. about €312.84Mon28
  6. about €346.47Tue29
  7. about €404.29Wed30
  8. about €334.67Thu1
  9. about €269.77Fri2
  10. about €301.63Sat3
  11. about €269.18Sun4
  12. about €227.29Mon5
  13. about €273.31Tue6
  14. about €302.22Wed7
  15. about €266.23Thu8
  16. about €259.15Fri9
  17. about €233.19Sat10
  18. about €236.14Sun11
  19. about €217.85Mon12
  20. about €203.69Tue13
  21. about €263.28Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Shymkent. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Shymkent for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Shymkent railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Delhi to Shymkent

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €219.6290 days
  2. €219.0360 days
  3. €211.3645 days
  4. €226.1130 days
  5. €263.2821 days
  6. €302.2214 days
  7. €404.297 days
  8. €520.523 days
  9. €600.171 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €211.36.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 184 percent. The dearest point is €600.17, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€600.17€211.36137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Delhi to Shymkent and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

0.5 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

2,296 km

1,667 km as the crow flies, 38% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

11,034,5551,200,000

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,296 km against 1,667 km in a straight line, a detour of 38 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Almaty. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Shymkent railway station

Most of the points near Shymkent railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Delhi to Shymkent

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Delhi to Shymkent?

The fastest journey from Delhi to Shymkent takes 8h 2m door to door, of which 4h 3m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 13m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Delhi to Shymkent?

The cheapest fare from Delhi to Shymkent is €203.69, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €273.31. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Delhi to Shymkent?

The cheapest way from Delhi to Shymkent is by flight, at €203.69 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 20m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Delhi to Shymkent?

Fares from Delhi to Shymkent bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €211.36. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 184 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Delhi to Shymkent?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Delhi to Shymkent, at €227.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Delhi to Shymkent?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Delhi to Shymkent, at €169.47 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Delhi to Shymkent?

2 operators sell services from Delhi to Shymkent across 1 mode: Air Astana, Scat Air. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Delhi to Shymkent?

0 percent of the services we sell from Delhi to Shymkent are direct. The rest connect at Almaty, with about 67 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Delhi to Shymkent use?

Services from Delhi to Shymkent by flight leave from Indira Gandhi International Airport DEL and arrive at Shymkent International Airport CIT. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Delhi to Shymkent?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Delhi to Shymkent allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Delhi to Shymkent on 23 September 2026: 2296 km of route against 1667 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €203.69, and 8h 2m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Shymkent is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Shymkent and across Kazakhstan

Day trips that leave Shymkent in the morning and cover a good part of Kazakhstan by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Delhi reaches 448 places in 65 countries on services we hold, over distances from 20 to 13,315 km. Shymkent reaches 19 places in 10 countries, from 121 to 4,885 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Delhi

  • 448Places you can leave for
  • 65Countries
  • 80Operators

Arriving in Shymkent

Leaving Shymkent

  • 19Places you can leave for
  • 10Countries
  • 8Operators

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