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Travel insights for flights to Russia

Get recent, data-driven insights about flights to Russia including ideal travel times, pricing trends, and more.

How long is the flight to Russia?

On average, a flight from Singapore to Russia takes 21 hours 51 minutes. Flights to Russia from other popular cities in Singapore will vary in length. Below are a few examples of popular routes and their flight times.

Where are the most popular flight destinations in Russia?

The most popular flight destination in Russia, according to our users, is Moscow, followed by Saint Petersburg, Vladivostok, Irkutsk and Abakan.

Russia climate

The largest country in the world, Russia has several different climates. About 65 per cent of it is under permafrost, but in the most populated areas such as Moscow and St Petersburg there is a continental climate – hot summers and very cold winters with lots and lots of snow. Along the Black Sea coast, in Sochi, a humid subtropical climate holds sway – mild winters and hot summers. Northern European Russia and Siberia has a subarctic climate and along the Arctic Ocean shore (and islands) the climate is polar.

Getting around Russia

Aeroflot Russian Airlines, the national airline, has a comprehensive domestic flight network. It flies from Moscow to several cities including St Petersburg, Kazan, Samara and Vladivostok

S7 Airlines is based in Novosibirsk and flies to several destinations including Irkutsk, Kazan, Moscow, Nizhni Novgorod and Omsk.

Transaero offers flights around much of the country including to St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kiev, Odessa, Chimkent, Tashkent and Kamchatsky.

Rail: the Trans Siberian railway is the longest railway in the world. It starts in Moscow and chugs through Nizhni Novgorod, Kirov, Ekaterinburg, Omsk and over to Vladivostok.

Russian Railways operates a good range of passenger services throughout Russia, from Archangelsk to Zabaykal’sk. Journeys are inexpensive, if slow, but there are usually three classes of service on long journeys. Travel third class (Platskartny) for a more “Russian” experience. Moscow and St Petersburg have metro systems; good service and really beautiful stations.

Bus travel is also cheap and links cities and towns around Russia, but is not very comfortable. The main bus station in Moscow is called Schyolkovsky Bus Terminal.

What is good to know if travelling to Russia?

  • Russia has more than 100 ski areas. Among the best are Mount Elbrus, has the highest peak and year-round skiing; Cheget in the Caucasus Mountains in the Baksan Valley; and the Volen Sport Park is about 60km from Moscow and has six slopes.
  • Sochi, on the Black Sea, was Stalin’s and, more recently, Vladimir Putin’s preferred resort. Due to the warmest climate in Russia, you can swim in the sea in the summer and ski in the mountains (like Putin) in the winter. The town is undergoing a makeover to help with its bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. The town also has the largest botanical gardens in Russia.
  • Veliky Novgorod, is the oldest Slavic city recorded in Russia, first mentioned in chronicles in 859. It is a beautiful, historic city boasting the cathedral of St Sophia the Wisdom of God, Russia’s oldest church, which dates from the 11th century. Detinets (the fortress) is the historic centre. The architectural monuments of the town are listed on the Unesco World Cultural Heritage List.
  • Kamchatka, on the extreme northeast of the country, is a land of volcanoes and geysers. There are active and extinct volcanoes, mineral springs and hot springs.
  • Kostroma, in central Russia, is one of the country’s oldest cities and was close to the hearts of the Romanov tsars. Several of them, including the last tsar, Nicholas II, visited the Ipatievsky Monastery there. The Resurrection Church-on-the-Debre is a stunning, fairytale building, a beautiful five-domed affair.
  • Volvograd was once called Stalingrad, scene of the infamous World War II battle between Russian and German soldiers. An enormous statue – 82 metres tall – called Motherland Calls! stands on Mamayev Kurgan as a memorial to the fallen. Mamayev Kurgan is a hill overlooking the city that saw some of the fiercest fighting between the forces.
  • One of the world’s great train journeys is the Trans-Siberian, the world’s longest railway. Built between 1891 and 1916 to connect Moscow with Vladivostok, it chugs through Perm, Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Chita and Khabarovsk.

  • When is the best time to fly to Russia?

    Peak season: Moscow and St Petersburg are two of the most popular tourist destinations and they are “visitable” for much of the year. The early summer (May and June) has the festivals, exhibitions, carnivals and concerts; autumn (September) is a great time to visit for the foliage; and late winter (January and February) is when these cities are covered by thick falls of snow. Moscow’s temperatures can range between -30 to 30 degrees; St Petersburg’s average winter temperature is about -10 degrees and summer highs are about 25 degrees. St Petersburg (and other northern cities such as Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo and Aberdeen) enjoys White Nights when the sun does not set until after 10pm – twilight melts into dawn – between late-May and early-July. Off season: Winters are bitterly cold. If you look for cheap flights to Russia in the off-peak season, be sure to bring plenty of warm clothes.

  • How long is the flight to Russia?

    For flights to Russia, your easiest option is to fly into Moscow or St Petersburg. There are three main airports serving Moscow: Sheremetyevo A.S. Pushkin International Airport, Domodedovo International Airport and Vnukovo International Airport. You can fly into any of these from Singapore Changi Airport, and the flying time ranges from about 10h 40min to 22h 35min. Sometimes, it’s more economical to use a combination of airlines and to, for example, fly into Domodedovo and out of Sheremetyevo. To St Petersburg, flying times to Pulkovo Airport range from around 14h 30min to 26h 30min.

  • Where can you get direct flights to Russia from?

    Singapore Airlines offers Russia flight deals from Singapore direct to Moscow Domodedovo on the outbound leg, but on the inbound leg, there are no direct flights. You would have one stopover, the location of which would depend on which airline you use. Finnair offers cheap flights to Russia with one stopover in Helsinki.

  • What is the best way to travel around Russia?

    Train is the classic mode of transport to get around Russia and see the countryside. You can get from Moscow to St Petersburg on an overnight train in around 8h or a day train in about 5h. If you want the full experience, you can book the whole or part of the route on the Trans-Siberian Railway, which runs from Moscow in the west to Vladivostok in the east. You have the options of 1st, 2nd and 3rd class. Otherwise, you can fly easily between Russian cities with the local Aeroflot or S7 Airlines. If you opt to hire a car and don’t understand Cyrillic script, it is advisable to hire a driver too, which doesn’t cost much more. In Moscow and St Petersburg, you can get around the city by metro. The metro stations are tourist attractions in their own right.

  • What are some things to do in Russia?

    In Moscow, visit the Red Square, the Moscow Kremlin, St Basil’s Cathedral with its colourful onion-shaped domes, the iconic GUM department store and Izmailovsky Market. In St Petersburg, colourful architecture abounds. Take a boat trip on the canals to view it from the water; visit Hermitage Museum, Peter and Paul Fortress, Peterhof Palace, the ornate Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood and the Faberge Museum. Yekaterinburg is Russia’s 4th largest city and houses the Church on the Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land, famed for being built on the spot where the Romanov family was executed. It also boasts an obelisk marking the geographical border between Europe and Asia, the Urals Mineralogical Museum and the Sevastyanov's House. Sochi, a city on the Black Sea in the Russian Riviera, has a subtropical climate and is a summer beach resort, but it also offers snowy mountains. Lake Baikal, in Siberia, is the largest, deepest and oldest freshwater lake in the world. If you visit in winter when the lake freezes over, you can take a hovercraft across the ice.

  • Do I need a passport or visa to fly to Russia?

    You need to apply for a visa well in advance and have at least six months validity on your passport upon departure. You’ll also need to complete a migration card at passport control on arrival and should keep this safe as you need it to check into hotels and to leave Russia. You must also register with the Russian authorities within seven working days of arrival. Your hotel can do this for you, but confirm that they have or you could be fined. You should register at each destination.

  • Can I find cheaper flights to Russia if I am willing to have stopovers?

    Yes, flights with stopovers are often cheaper than direct flights. Keep an eye out for flight deals to Russia on Cheapflights that require 1 or 2 stops for potential cost savings.

  • Where does the fastest flight to Russia depart from?

    For those looking to save time traveling to Russia, Singapore Changi offers the quickest one-way flight (16 hours 30 minutes).

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