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Novosibirsk to Almaty

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Novosibirsk to Almaty. From €121.68, fastest 5h 22m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Novosibirsk to Almaty runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:49 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €121.68, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 22m over 1,420 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €121.68, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€121.68

  • 330%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Novosibirsk

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.

  • 06:49First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 25%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €396.62Fri18
  2. about €300.45Sat19
  3. about €309.30Sun20
  4. about €229.06Mon21
  5. about €242.04Tue22
  6. about €253.84Wed23
  7. about €265.05Thu24
  8. about €208.41Fri25
  9. about €209.59Sat26
  10. about €209.00Sun27
  11. about €144.69Mon28
  12. about €168.88Tue29
  13. about €151.18Wed30
  14. about €240.27Thu1
  15. about €166.52Fri2
  16. about €137.61Sat3
  17. about €153.54Sun4
  18. about €153.54Mon5
  19. about €121.68Tue6
  20. about €162.98Wed7
  21. about €141.74Thu8

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 hotel room

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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Booking window

When to book Novosibirsk to Almaty

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

  1. €145.2890 days
  2. €92.1860 days
  3. €114.6045 days
  4. €168.8830 days
  5. €141.7421 days
  6. €240.2714 days
  7. €265.057 days
  8. €309.303 days
  9. €396.621 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €92.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 330 percent. The most expensive point is €396.62, 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.
€396.62€92.18137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Novosibirsk to Almaty and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

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

The shape of it

1,420 km

1,379 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

1,612,8331,977,011

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

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

NovosibirskNovosibirskAlmatyAlmaty
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
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 1,420 km against 1,379 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 Bishkek, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Astana, Kokshetau. The gap between arriving and leaving is 74 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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

Baggage storage near Almaty-1 railway station

Most of the points near Almaty-1 railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Novosibirsk to Almaty

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 Novosibirsk to Almaty?

The fastest journey from Novosibirsk to Almaty takes 5h 22m door to door, of which 2h 23m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 30m, 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 Novosibirsk to Almaty?

The cheapest fare from Novosibirsk to Almaty is €121.68, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €208.41. 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 Novosibirsk to Almaty?

The cheapest way from Novosibirsk to Almaty is by flight, at €121.68 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 5h 33m 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 Novosibirsk to Almaty?

Fares from Novosibirsk to Almaty bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €92.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 330 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Novosibirsk to Almaty, at €153.54. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Novosibirsk to Almaty?

January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Novosibirsk to Almaty, at €114.60 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 Novosibirsk to Almaty?

No operator record names Novosibirsk to Almaty directly. S7 Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Novosibirsk to Almaty?

20 percent of the services we sell from Novosibirsk to Almaty are direct. The rest connect at Bishkek, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Astana, Kokshetau, with about 74 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 Novosibirsk to Almaty use?

Services from Novosibirsk to Almaty by flight leave from Novosibirsk OVB 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 Novosibirsk to Almaty?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Novosibirsk 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.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 Novosibirsk to Almaty on September 17, 2026: 1420 km of route against 1379 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €121.68, and 5h 22m 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 catalog.

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The two ends, compared

Novosibirsk reaches 104 places in 22 countries on services we hold, over distances from 48 to 5,417 km. Almaty reaches 84 places in 35 countries, from 69 to 5,599 km.

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Leaving Novosibirsk

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  • 22Countries
  • 28Operators

Arriving in Almaty

Leaving Almaty

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  • 35Countries
  • 41Operators

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