Almaty to Cologne

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Almaty to Cologne. From €450.90, fastest 10h 15m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Almaty to Cologne costs €450.90 at the cheapest and takes 10h 15m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 5,317 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
5,317 km
Fastest
10h 15m
Average
10h 50m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€450.90
CO2 per passenger
786.9 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 30, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight11h 16m8h 6m3h 10m€513.44786.9 kg5
  • 11h 16mFastest, by Flight
  • €513.44Cheapest, by Flight
  • 786.9 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 5,317 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€450.90
  1. Scat Air SA558207:304h 47m12:17Almaty ALAMoscow SVO
  2. Aeroflot Russian Airlines AR674413:423h 28m17:10Moscow VKOKöln CGN

Changes at Moscow, with 85 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 12h 50mCO2 1001.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€496.92
  1. Bahamasair B263806:438h 6m14:49Almaty ALAKöln CGN

Door to door 11h 16mCO2 786.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€622.59
  1. Lufthansa L622707:307h 21m14:51Almaty ALAFrankfurt am Main FRA
  2. DB Fernverkehr DB249316:201h 7m17:27Frankfurt HauptbahnhofKoln Hauptbahnhof

Changes at Frankfurt am Main, with 89 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 11h 54mCO2 778.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Almaty to Cologne
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Almaty to CologneSatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25
Flight€991.93€990.75€634.39€649.14€735.87€823.19€671.56€718.76€597.81€513.44€567.13€538.81€734.69€515.21

Cheapest day: 2026-09-30 · €450.90

The flight gets you into Cologne. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Cologne for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Koln Hauptbahnhof and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Almaty to Cologne

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

  1. €609.0290 days
  2. €312.2560 days
  3. €351.7845 days
  4. €449.7230 days
  5. €494.5621 days
  6. €515.2114 days
  7. €671.567 days
  8. €634.393 days
  9. €991.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €312.25.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 218 percent. The most expensive point is €991.93, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€991.93€312.251371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €597.81Sun
  2. €513.44Mon
  3. €567.13Tue
  4. €538.81Wed
  5. €734.69Thu
  6. €515.21Fri
  7. €718.76Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €649.14Sep
  2. €452.67Oct
  3. €420.22Nov
  4. €400.75Dec
  5. €403.70Jan
  6. €342.34Feb

The route

AlmatyAlmatyKölnKöln
The journey

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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 5,317 km against 5,162 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 Warsaw, Moscow, Frankfurt am Main, Schkeuditz. The gap between arriving and leaving is 64 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Almaty at 06:43 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Almaty

Rail
  • Almaty-1 railway station
  • Almaty-2 railway station
  • Burundai
Bus
  • Барлык
  • Kok tobe bus stop
Air
  • ALA

Köln

Rail
  • Koln Hauptbahnhof
  • Köln Hbf
  • Köln-Lövenich
Bus
  • Koln Breslauer Platz
  • Wahn S-Bahn
Air
  • CGN
Ferry
  • Weiß - Zündorf
  • Zündorf - Weiß

Cologne is large, and the road in from CGN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Cologne

Settled in advance, so the ride into Cologne costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Bahamasair€468.6010h 15m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Bahamasair
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-30, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€374.5083%
Taxes€67.4115%
Supplier fees€7.002%
Our service fee€1.990%
Total you pay€450.90100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Cologne well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Cologne

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Almaty to Cologne

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Almaty to Cologne?

The fastest journey from Almaty to Cologne takes 10h 15m door to door, of which 8h 6m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 10h 50m, 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 Almaty to Cologne?

The cheapest fare from Almaty to Cologne is €450.90, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €663.89. 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 Almaty to Cologne?

The cheapest way from Almaty to Cologne is by Flight, at €513.44 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 11h 16m 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 Almaty to Cologne?

Fares from Almaty to Cologne bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €312.25. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 218 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Almaty to Cologne?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Almaty to Cologne, at €513.44. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 30, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Almaty to Cologne?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Almaty to Cologne, at €342.34 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 service from Almaty to Cologne?

1 operators sell services from Almaty to Cologne across 1 modes: Bahamasair. 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 Almaty to Cologne?

20 percent of the services we sell from Almaty to Cologne are direct. The rest connect at Warsaw, Moscow, Frankfurt am Main, Schkeuditz, with about 64 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 Almaty to Cologne use?

Services from Almaty to Cologne by Flight leave from Almaty ALA and arrive at Köln CGN. 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 Almaty to Cologne?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Almaty to Cologne 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

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Almaty to Cologne on September 11, 2026: 5317 km of route against 5162 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €450.90, and 10h 15m 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 Cologne is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Cologne and across Germany

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