There are 5 ways to get from Samarkand to Kunming by plane, car, train, or taxi
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Fly Samarkand International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport
best- Fly from Samarkand International Airport (SKD) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane SKD - KMG
9h 28m¥2,013–9,020Train to Tashkent International Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Samarkand to Tashkent Centraltrain
- Fly from Tashkent International Airport (TAS) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane TAS - KMG
14h 35m¥1,288–5,745Drive 5,254 km
- Drive from Samarkand to Kunmingcar 5,254 km
2d 12h¥4,521–6,530Fly Samarkand International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba, train
- Fly from Samarkand International Airport (SKD) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane SKD - DLU
- Take the train from Dali to Kunmingtrain
16h 56m¥2,234–8,262Fly Samarkand International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport, taxi
- Fly from Samarkand International Airport (SKD) to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI)plane SKD - PZI
- Take the taxi from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI) to Kunmingtaxi
18h 1m¥4,156–8,707
Samarkand International Airport (SKD) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Samarkand to Kunming is to train and fly which costs ¥1200 - ¥6000 and takes 14h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Samarkand to Kunming is to fly which takes 9h 28m and costs ¥2000 - ¥9000.
The distance between Samarkand and Kunming is 3744 km. The road distance is 5254 km.
It takes approximately 9h 28m to get from Samarkand to Kunming, including transfers.
Kunming is 3h ahead of Samarkand. It is currently 10:32 AM in Samarkand and 1:32 PM in Kunming.
Yes, the driving distance between Samarkand to Kunming is 5254 km. It takes approximately 2 days 12h to drive from Samarkand to Kunming.
There are 253+ hotels available in Kunming.
What companies run services between Samarkand, Uzbekistan and Kunming, China?
Zhejiang Loong Airlines, Ruili Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Samarkand International Airport (SKD) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) 5 times a week.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–7,500
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tashkent International Airport, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–9,000
Flights from Tashkent International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–7,500
Flights from Tashkent International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–5,500
Flights from Tashkent International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–4,500
- Website
- rlair.net
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–7,500
Flights from Tashkent International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–4,500
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–7,500
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Novosibirsk, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–7,500
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Novosibirsk, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Almaty, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,000
Flights from Tashkent International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–6,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Tashkent International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–5,500
Flights from Tashkent International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–7,500
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–8,000
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Novosibirsk, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
- Website
- airchangan.com
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Novosibirsk, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–11,000
- Website
- tibetairlines.com
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Novosibirsk, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from Tashkent International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–4,200
Train from Dali to Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥100–220
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥100–150
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥150–220
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Samarkand to Tashkent Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥152–230
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Business class
- ¥210–230
- Econom class
- ¥152
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Samarkand to Tashkent Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥79–115
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Sleeper
- ¥79–84
- Coupe
- ¥105–115
- SV
- ¥170–200
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Estimated price
- ¥550–700
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