There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Samarkand by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane CGN - SKD
11h 41m$374–1,015Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Osnabrück Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Osnabrück to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhskybus
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Samarkandtrain
4d 13h$270–822Train, bus via Kalininskiy
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Hanover to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaiatrain
- Take the train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkandtrain
4d 23h$338–998Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane DUS - SKD
11h 23m$393–1,149Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane FRA - SKD
11h 36m$406–853Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane BRU - SKD
13h 22m$488–831Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane AMS - SKD
14h 34m$455–825Bus, train
- Take the bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhskybus
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Samarkandtrain
4d 15h$283–794
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Samarkand is to bus and train which costs $280 - $800 and takes 4 days 15h.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Samarkand is to train and fly which takes 11h 23m and costs $390 - $1,200.
The distance between Cologne and Samarkand is 4729 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Samarkand without a car is to train and bus which takes 4 days 13h and costs $270 - $850.
It takes approximately 11h 41m to get from Cologne to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 3h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 4:33 PM in Cologne and 7:33 PM in Samarkand.
There are 819+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
Turkish Airlines and SunExpress fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $450–900
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–270
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Köln Hbf to Osnabrück Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
Train from Volzhsky to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $35–56
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Book at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Schedules at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Sleeper
- $35–37
- Coupe
- $51–56
- SV
- $95–110
Train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $30–49
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Book at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Schedules at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Sleeper
- $30–33
- Coupe
- $45–49
- SV
- $85–95
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $240–340
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $60–80
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $75–110
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–27
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +992 (37) 227 21 77
- info@railway.tj
- Website
- railway.tj
Train from Volzhsky to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Osnabrück to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $160–470
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Hanover to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $160–380
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–190
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $160–550
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhsky
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhsky
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- Intercars Europe
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–85
- Website
- Intercars Europe
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $27–75
- Website
- Intercars Europe
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