--- title: "Kaliningrad to Kaunas – 3 ways by car, taxi, plane | Mixroutes" description: "Kaliningrad to Kaunas is 219 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kaliningrad-to-kaunas" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kaliningrad-to-kaunas.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Kaliningrad to Kaunas [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kaliningrad&to=Kaunas) [Kaunas to Kaliningrad](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kaunas-to-kaliningrad) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 219 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 2\ 3 ways, Mon 26 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 219 km apart. Times are the timetables for Mon 26 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best₽6,600 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 4h 6m₽920–1,220 Estimated **Avoid** · Russia 252 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kaliningrad&to=Kaunas) - [**Taxi** 4h 6m₽6,100–9,200 Estimated **Avoid** · Russia one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kaliningrad&to=Kaunas) - [**Fly** 11h 14m₽10,800–19,800 Estimated **Avoid** · Russia GDN → VNO · one stop via WAW · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kaliningrad&to=Kaunas) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Russia; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Visa likely needed for Lithuania** · Russia passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/lithuania/entry-requirements) - **Changing planes in Poland** · Russia passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/poland/entry-requirements) - **Visa likely needed for Lithuania** · Russia passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/lithuania/entry-requirements) - **Avoid travel to Russia** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/russia) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.rus.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Departures today 1. [08:10 → 19:24 11h 14m · 1 change₽11,950–19,800](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Kaliningrad&to=Kaunas&date=2026-10-26&time=08%3A00&it=fly-1) 2. [08:13 → 22:59 14h 46m · 1 change₽10,800–17,750](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Kaliningrad&to=Kaunas&date=2026-10-26&time=08%3A00&it=fly) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Kaliningrad to Kaunas? The fastest way is by car: about 4h 6m door to door. The straight-line distance is 219 km. What is the cheapest way from Kaliningrad to Kaunas? Drive is the cheapest, from ₽920. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Kaliningrad to Kaunas? About 56 min in the air (PLQ → RIX), about 11h 14m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run ₽10,800–19,800; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Kaunas from Kaliningrad by road? About 252 km, roughly 4h 6m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ₽920–1,220; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Kaunas Second-largest city in Lithuania Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania, the fourth-largest city in the Baltic states, and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of Kaunas County in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. [The Kaunas guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/kaunas) Worth your time - Kaunas Castle The first castle was built mid-14th century at the confluence of the rivers Nemunas and Neris. - Church of St George A wooden church was built outside the castle in 1471, then rebuilt in Gothic redbrick from 1492. - Cathedral of Sts Peter & Paul This is first documented in 1413, in the reign of Vytautas the Great, but construction dragged on to 1624, nicely in time to get smashed up by the Russians and Swedes. - State Musical Theatre Variety of classical opera and operettas in their original language. 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