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 6m$364–1,012Bus, train
cheapest- 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$294–741Train, bus
- 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 Salaryevo Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhskybus
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Samarkandtrain
4d 7h$321–648Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane DUS - SKD
12h 29m$384–1,128Train 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 31m$442–721Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane BRU - SKD
13h$457–845Train, bus to Luxembourg, fly
- Take the train from Köln Süd Bf to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsbackbus
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane LUX - SKD
16h 22m$400–1,317Train, 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$348–833
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Samarkand is to bus and train which costs $290 - $750 and takes 4 days 15h.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Samarkand is to fly which takes 11h 6m and costs $360 - $1,100.
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 7h and costs $320 - $650.
It takes approximately 11h 6m to get from Cologne to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 3h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 1:40 AM in Cologne and 4:40 AM in Samarkand.
There are 844+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
Turkish Airlines, SunExpress, and two other airlines 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 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Luxembourg to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
- 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
- $360–1,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
Flights from Brussels Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,000
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,100
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Brussels Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–950
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
Train from Volzhsky to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $34–54
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Book at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Schedules at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Sleeper
- $34–36
- Coupe
- $50–54
- SV
- $95–105
Train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $30–48
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Book at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Schedules at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Sleeper
- $30–32
- Coupe
- $44–48
- SV
- $80–95
- 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
- Book at
- Tajikistan Railways
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Süd Bf to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- 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
- $60–120
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $250–350
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $60–80
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $80–120
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Hanover to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–360
- 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
- $170–500
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Hanover to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–360
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–180
- 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
- $29–45
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhsky
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- 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
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
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- Mobiliteit
Bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsback
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Mobiliteit
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