Moscow to Almaty runs about 21 times a day, with the first departure around 06:12 and the last around 18:47. One passenger pays between €252.66 and €296.91, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 35m over 3,197 km, on services run by 5 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€252.66 to €296.91
- 172%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Moscow
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:12First departure
- 18:47Last departure
- 21Services per day
- 95%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €539.40Mon14
- about €460.93Tue15
- about €482.17Wed16
- about €517.57Thu17
- about €465.65Fri18
- about €475.68Sat19
- about €436.74Sun20
- about €314.02Mon21
- about €296.91Tue22
- about €329.36Wed23
- about €397.80Thu24
- about €382.46Fri25
- about €383.64Sat26
- about €352.96Sun27
- about €265.05Mon28
- about €252.66Tue29
- about €268.59Wed30
- about €311.66Thu1
- about €297.50Fri2
- about €297.50Sat3
- about €271.54Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Almaty. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Almaty for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Almaty-1 railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Moscow to Almaty
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €316.3890 days
- €252.6660 days
- €220.8045 days
- €198.3830 days
- €271.5421 days
- €352.9614 days
- €436.747 days
- €482.173 days
- €539.401 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €198.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 172 percent. The dearest point is €539.40, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Moscow to Almaty and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
3,197 km
3,104 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
10,381,222 → 1,977,011
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 83% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 17% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 3,197 km against 3,104 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Samara, Oral, Aktobe, Kazan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 near Almaty-1 railway station
Most of the points near Almaty-1 railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
Check Almaty on StasherOr try Bounce
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Questions about Moscow to Almaty
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 Moscow to Almaty?
The fastest journey from Moscow to Almaty takes 7h 35m door to door, of which 4h 29m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 56m, 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 Moscow to Almaty?
The cheapest fare from Moscow to Almaty is €252.66, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €432.02. 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 Moscow to Almaty?
The cheapest way from Moscow to Almaty is by flight, at €296.91 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 7h 39m 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 Moscow to Almaty?
Fares from Moscow to Almaty bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €198.38. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 172 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Moscow to Almaty?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Moscow to Almaty, at €296.91. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Moscow to Almaty?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Moscow to Almaty, at €199.56 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 Moscow to Almaty?
5 operators sell services from Moscow to Almaty across 1 mode: Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Air Astana, Red Wings, Rossiya-Russian Airlines, 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 Moscow to Almaty?
83 percent of the services we sell from Moscow to Almaty are direct. The rest connect at Samara, Oral, Aktobe, Kazan, with about 45 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 Moscow to Almaty use?
Services from Moscow to Almaty by flight leave from Moscow SVO and arrive at Almaty ALA. 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 Moscow to Almaty?
0 of the 5 operators we sell from Moscow to Almaty 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Moscow to Almaty on 13 September 2026: 3197 km of route against 3104 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €252.66, and 7h 35m 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 Almaty is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Almaty and across Kazakhstan
Day trips that leave Almaty in the morning and cover a good part of Kazakhstan by evening.
See Almaty on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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The two ends, compared
Moscow reaches 336 places in 71 countries on services we hold, over distances from 53 to 13,476 km. Almaty reaches 84 places in 35 countries, from 69 to 5,599 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Moscow
- 336Places you can leave for
- 71Countries
- 115Operators
Arriving in Almaty
Leaving Almaty
- 84Places you can leave for
- 35Countries
- 41Operators