There are 7 ways to get from Zurich to Samarkand 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 from Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane ZRH - SKD
11h 28m$346–966Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Riga, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Verhnii Baskunchaktrain
- Take the train from Verkhniy Baskunchak to Samarkandtrain
6d 9h$320–558Train, bus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Mannheim to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaiatrain
- Take the train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkandtrain
5d 8h$430–897Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane BSL - SKD
13h 3m$413–1,217Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane MXP - SKD
15h 14m$463–832Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Böblingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane STR - SKD
14h$413–1,209Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane GVA - SKD
14h 50m$480–1,351
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Samarkand is to bus and train which costs $320 - $600 and takes 6 days 9h.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Samarkand is to fly which takes 11h 28m and costs $340 - $1,000.
The distance between Zurich and Samarkand is 4690 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Samarkand without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 8h and costs $430 - $900.
It takes approximately 11h 28m to get from Zurich to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 3h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 7:17 AM in Zurich and 10:17 AM in Samarkand.
There are 702+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
Turkish Airlines, Uzbekistan, and three other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) twice daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $410–950
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–750
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–350
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $85–120
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $260–370
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $65–90
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $85–120
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Verhnii Baskunchak
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $240–340
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $60–80
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $80–110
- Phone
- +992 (37) 227 21 77
- info@railway.tj
- Website
- railway.tj
Train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $21–27
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Verkhniy Baskunchak to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $32–51
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Schedules at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/pages/schedule
- Sleeper
- $32–35
- Coupe
- $47–51
- SV
- $90–100
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Mannheim to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–270
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Book at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.eu
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $69
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- markatek_spb@mail.ru
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $77
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Riga, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–270
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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