There are 7 ways to get from Shanghai to Samarkand by plane, car, bus, or train
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Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Samarkand International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane PVG - SKD
21h$219–860Drive 5,895.3 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Samarkandcar 5,895.3 km
2d 15h$743–1,073Bus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhoubus
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane NTG - SKD
27h 25m$454–971Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane HGH - SKD
14h 8m$413–873Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane SHA - SKD
19h 13m$552–1,502Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tashkent International Airport, train
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Tashkent International Airport (TAS)plane PVG - TAS
- Take the train from Tashkent Central to Samarkandtrain
14h 30m$230–695Train to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Samarkand International Airport
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxitrain
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane WUX - SKD
22h 6m$275–1,117
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Samarkand is to fly and train which costs $230 - $700 and takes 14h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Samarkand is to train and fly which takes 14h 8m and costs $410 - $900.
The distance between Shanghai and Samarkand is 5023 km. The road distance is 5895.3 km.
It takes approximately 21h to get from Shanghai to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 3h behind Shanghai. It is currently 9:51 PM in Shanghai and 6:51 PM in Samarkand.
Yes, the driving distance between Shanghai to Samarkand is 5895 km. It takes approximately 2 days 15h to drive from Shanghai to Samarkand.
There are 699+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
Sichuan Airlines, Zhejiang Loong Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) twice daily.
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–750
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 53m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–950
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–850
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–850
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Nanchang, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–850
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–950
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Urumqi, Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,800
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Urumqi, Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An, Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Beijing Daxing, Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An, Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,300
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Beijing Capital, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Beijing Daxing, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Urumqi, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Beijing Capital, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Beijing Daxing, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Urumqi, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $10–12
- 1st Class Seat
- $17–19
- Business Class Seat
- $24–35
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- 2nd Class Seat
- $8–10
- 1st Class Seat
- $14–16
- Business Class Seat
- $19–28
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–15
- Adult - 1st Class
- $13–19
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $9–13
- Adult - 1st Class
- $11–16
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Tashkent Central to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–34
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Business class
- $31–34
- Econom class
- $23
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Tashkent Central to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Sleeper
- $11–13
- Coupe
- $15–17
- SV
- $26–29
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- $6–10
- Hard Sleeper
- $7–11
- Soft Sleeper
- $18–25
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Hard Seat
- $3–5
- Hard sleeper
- $7–10
- Soft sleeper
- $12–16
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- $10–14
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