Distance from Almaty to Riyadh
🇰🇿 Almaty, Kazakhstan → 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The distance between Almaty and Riyadh is 3,430 kilometres (2,131 miles) measured as a great-circle (straight) line. Flying out of Almaty International Airport (ALA), the initial heading is roughly southwest (243°), and a typical nonstop flight takes around 4h 47m. Actual flight paths and times vary with routing, winds and air-traffic constraints.
Almaty
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's largest city and former capital, a leafy, cosmopolitan hub at the foot of the snow-capped Tian Shan mountains.
Top sights: Medeu & Shymbulak, Kok-Tobe, Zenkov Cathedral, Central State Museum, Green Bazaar
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's capital, a fast-modernizing desert city of gleaming towers and broad highways at the heart of the Arabian Peninsula.
Top sights: Kingdom Centre, Masmak Fortress, Diriyah, National Museum, Edge of the World cliffs
Frequently asked questions
- How far is Riyadh from Almaty?
- 3,430 km (2,131 miles) in a straight line.
- How long is the flight from Almaty to Riyadh?
- About 4h 47m nonstop, at an average 800 km/h cruising speed plus taxi and climb time.
- What direction is Riyadh from Almaty?
- Riyadh lies roughly to the southwest of Almaty (initial bearing 243°).
- Which airports serve this route?
- Almaty: Almaty International Airport (ALA). Riyadh: King Khalid International Airport (RUH).
More distances from Almaty
See the country profiles for Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia, or open the Asia distance calculator.