There are 6 ways to get from Samarkand to Zurich 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 to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Samarkand International Airport (SKD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SKD - ZRH
10h 25mCHF 345–563Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Samarkand Central Bus Station to Tashkent bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Tashkent bus station to Krasnodar-1 Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Krasnodar-1 Bus station to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Munich Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus
5d 13hCHF 192–573Train, bus
- Take the train from Samarkand to Aksarayskaya-1train
- Take the train from Aksaraiskaia to St Petersburg Glavnytrain
- Take the bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rīga to Karlsruhebus
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
5d 7hCHF 307–741Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Samarkand International Airport (SKD) to Basel (BSL)plane SKD - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
14h 9mCHF 411–1,187Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Samarkand International Airport (SKD) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane SKD - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain
14h 25mCHF 356–843Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Samarkand International Airport (SKD) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane SKD - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
15h 56mCHF 452–1,133
Samarkand International Airport (SKD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Samarkand to Zurich is to bus which costs SFr 190 - SFr 600 and takes 5 days 13h.
The fastest way to get from Samarkand to Zurich is to fly which takes 10h 25m and costs SFr 340 - SFr 600.
No, there is no direct bus from Samarkand station to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Samarkand Central Bus Station and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Tashkent bus station, Krasnodar-1 Bus station, Minsk Central Bus Station and Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5 days 13h.
The distance between Samarkand and Zurich is 4690 km.
The best way to get from Samarkand to Zurich without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 7h and costs SFr 300 - SFr 750.
It takes approximately 10h 25m to get from Samarkand to Zurich, including transfers.
Samarkand to Zurich bus services, operated by Tashkent Bus Terminal, depart from Samarkand Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Samarkand to Zurich is to fly which takes 10h 25m and costs SFr 340 - SFr 600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 190 - SFr 600 and takes 5 days 13h.
Samarkand to Zurich bus services, operated by Tashkent Bus Terminal, arrive at Tashkent bus station.
Zurich is 3h behind Samarkand. It is currently 5:39 AM in Samarkand and 2:39 AM in Zurich.
What companies run services between Samarkand, Uzbekistan and Zurich, Switzerland?
Turkish Airlines and Unilode fly from Samarkand International Airport (SKD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Samarkand to Zurich Bus Station via Samarkand Central Bus Station, Tashkent bus station, Krasnodar-1 Bus station, Minsk Central Bus Station, and Munich central bus station in around 5d 13h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 370–1,300
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,300
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,400
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Basel via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,100
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–850
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,100
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,000
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–800
- Website
- taban.aero
Flights from Samarkand International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–800
- Phone
- +992 (37) 227 21 77
- info@railway.tj
- Website
- railway.tj
Train from Samarkand to Aksarayskaya-1
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Aksaraiskaia to St Petersburg Glavny
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- CHF 190–280
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- CHF 45–65
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- CHF 65–90
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–85
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–55
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
- Phone
- +49 6131 4975 022
- kundenservice@dbregiobus-sw.de
- Website
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Schedules at
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.com.ru
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- Markatek
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- Vissa
Bus from Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal to Riga Central Bus Station
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Rīga to Karlsruhe
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–220
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +99871 207-87-00
- avtovokzal.toshkent@mail.ru
- Website
- UZ Trans
Bus from Samarkand Central Bus Station to Tashkent bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4
- Website
- UZ Trans
- Schedules at
- Tashkent Bus Terminal
- Book at
- AvtoTicket
Bus from Tashkent bus station to Krasnodar-1 Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 63
- Website
- UZ Trans
- Schedules at
- Tashkent Bus Terminal
- Book at
- AvtoTicket
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- Intercars Europe
Bus from Krasnodar-1 Bus station to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–160
- Website
- Intercars Europe
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Krasnodar-1 Bus station to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–350
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- Minsktrans
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Munich Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–120
- Book at
- Infobus
- Website
- Minsktrans
- Schedules at
- Minsktrans
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–28
- Website
- RegioJet
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