There are 6 ways to get from Shanghai to Samarkand by plane, car, bus, or train
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane SHA - SKD
12h 3m$232–1,002Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tashkent International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Tashkent International Airport (TAS)plane SHA - TAS
- Take the train from Tashkent Central to Samarkandtrain
15h 43m$213–587Drive 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
20h 15m$284–1,021Train 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
13h 33m$243–1,023Fly 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 35m$230–695
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shanghai to Samarkand is to fly and train which costs $210 - $600 and takes 15h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Samarkand is to fly which takes 12h 3m and costs $230 - $1,000.
The distance between Shanghai and Samarkand is 4956 km. The road distance is 5895.3 km.
It takes approximately 12h 3m to get from Shanghai to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 3h behind Shanghai. It is currently 6:06 PM in Shanghai and 3:06 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 631+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) 5 times a week.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,900
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Shijiazhuang Zhengding, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Wuhan, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–430
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–430
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–430
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–900
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,000
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–900
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–430
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–550
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
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
- 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
- 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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