There are 7 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 23m$232–902Fly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Samarkand International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane PVG - SKD
14h$189–610Drive 5,895.4 km
- Drive from Shanghai Station to Samarkandcar 5,895.4 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
19h 5m$234–771Train 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 44m$213–673Fly 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 North to Samarkandtrain
14h 35m$260–495Train 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
15h 26m$235–767
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 $260 - $500 and takes 14h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Shanghai to Samarkand is to fly which takes 12h 23m and costs $230 - $900.
The distance between Shanghai and Samarkand is 4956 km. The road distance is 5895.4 km.
It takes approximately 12h 23m to get from Shanghai to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 3h behind Shanghai. It is currently 5:33 PM in Shanghai and 2:33 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 605+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
China Southern Airlines, Shanghai 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 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Hefei, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Taiyuan, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Wuhan, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Zhengzhou, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Taiyuan, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–700
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–850
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–750
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–900
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tashkent International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–370
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tashkent International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–370
- 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
- $360–1,100
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
- $13–15
- Business Class Seat
- $19–28
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $10–14
- 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 North 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 North to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- 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
- $17–25
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
- $8–14
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- $10–14
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