There are 5 ways to get from Istanbul to Dushanbe by plane, bus, car, train, night bus or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly • 5h 5m
$263 - $1,228
Cheapest option
Night bus, Minibus, bus, train • 5 days 5h
$181 - $458
3 alternative options
Bus, drive, train • 4 days 20h
Night bus, train • 5 days 1h
$230 - $545
Night train, train • 6 days 9h
$226 - $595
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Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Dushanbe is to night bus and Minibus and bus and train which costs 1.300 ₺ - 3.300 ₺ and takes 5 days 5h.
The quickest way to get from Istanbul to Dushanbe is to fly which costs 1.800 ₺ - 9.000 ₺ and takes 5h 5m.
The distance between Istanbul and Dushanbe is 3385 km.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Dushanbe without a car is to night bus and train which takes 5 days 1h and costs 1.600 ₺ - 3.900 ₺.
It takes approximately 5h 5m to get from Istanbul to Dushanbe, including transfers.
The quickest flight from Istanbul Airport to Dushanbe Airport is the direct flight which takes 4h 25m.
Dushanbe is 2h ahead of Istanbul. It is currently 5:28 PM in Istanbul and 7:28 PM in Dushanbe.
Somon Air, Turkish Airlines and Uzbekistan offer flights from Istanbul Airport to Dushanbe Airport.
There are 11+ hotels available in Dushanbe. Prices start at $100 USD per night.
The best way to get from Istanbul to Istanbul Airport is to taxi which takes 31 min and costs 150 ₺ - 190 ₺.
- Distance: 3385.5 km
- Duration: 5h 5m
What companies run services between Istanbul, Turkey and Dushanbe, Tajikistan?
Somon Air, Turkish Airlines and Uzbekistan fly from Istanbul to Dushanbe once daily.
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Istanbul to Dushanbe via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650 - $1,400
- Website
- somonair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Dushanbe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240 - $1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Dushanbe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440 - $1,200
- Website
- rzd.ru
Train from Ganjuschkino to Dushanbe
- Ave. Duration
- 2 days 13h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $200 - $300
- Website
- pass.rzd.ru
Train from Povorino to Dushanbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3 days 10h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $120 - $390
- Website
- pass.rzd.ru
Train from Volgograd-1 to Dushanbe
- Ave. Duration
- 3 days 3h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100 - $350
- Website
- pass.rzd.ru
- Website
- uz.gov.ua
Train from Kiev Pass to Povorino
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40 - $85
- Schedules at
- uz.gov.ua
- 3rd class
- $40 - $60
- 2nd class
- $60 - $85
- 1st class
- $100 - $140
Train from Bucharest - Gara de Nord to Kyiv-Passazhyrskiy Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $45 - $90
- Schedules at
- uz.gov.ua
- 3rd class
- $45 - $65
- 2nd class
- $65 - $90
- 1st class
- $100 - $150
- Phone
- 0700 10 200
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Gara Bucureşti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20 - $29
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $20 - $24
- 1st Class
- $24 - $29
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- iletisim@metroturizm.com.tr
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Otogari to Borçka
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15 - $40
- Website
- MetroTurizm
- Phone
- +7 995 210 50 50
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Batumi to Kropotkin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $38 - $43
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Book at
- facebook.com
Bus from Kutaisi to Pyatigorsk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $29 - $45
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Book at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- support@avtovokzaly.ru
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Kropotkin to Astrakhan Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16 - $26
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +90544 210 2535
- Website
- luksistanbul.com
Night bus from Istanbul - Aksaray to Kyiv
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $70
- Schedules at
- luksistanbul.com
- Phone
- +908503056161
- Website
- gursoylarturizm.com
Night bus from Istanbul - Aksaray to Batumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $33
- Schedules at
- gursoylarturizm.com
Bus from Batumi to Kutaisi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Phone
- +7 (8442) 37‑37-90
- Website
- avtovokzal-volgograd.ru
Bus from Goryachevodskiy to Volgograd Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17 - $28
- Schedules at
- avtovokzal-volgograd.ru
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