There are 8 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)ZRH - SKD
11h 20m$329–560Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Take the bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Voronezh Bus station
- Take the bus from Voronezh Bus station to Volgograd Bus station
- Take the train from Volgograd 1 to Samarkand
4d 18h$154–380Train, bus
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Salzburg Hbf
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Take the bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Station
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhsky
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Samarkand
4d 6h$381–676Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)BSL - SKD
13h 23m$335–1,212Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)MXP - SKD
15h 2m$391–701Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Take the train from Singen to Böblingen
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)STR - SKD
14h 31m$400–1,022Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)GVA - SKD
15h 28m$306–672Train, bus via Kalininskiy
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Mannheim to Rīga
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaia
- Take the train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkand
5d 6h$340–860
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 $150 - $380 and takes 4 days 18h.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Samarkand is to fly which takes 11h 20m and costs $320 - $600.
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 4 days 6h and costs $380 - $700.
It takes approximately 11h 20m to get from Zurich to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 4h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 6:27 AM in Zurich and 10:27 AM in Samarkand.
There are 673+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
Turkish Airlines, Uzbekistan, and five other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–850
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–850
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
- Website
- taban.aero
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $340–950
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Train from Zuerich Hb to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $75–120
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zuerich Hb to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–320
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $30–50
- 1st Class
- $40–55
- Phone
- +992 (37) 227 21 77
- info@railway.tj
- Website
- railway.tj
Train from Volzhsky to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 24m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Volgograd 1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 5h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $36–58
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Sleeper
- $36–38
- Coupe
- $53–58
- SV
- $100–110
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $33–37
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–305
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $295–305
- Couchette Carriage
- $140–170
- Seating Carriage
- $29–40
- 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
- $26–40
- 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
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $22–28
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $85–130
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
- 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
- $70–120
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $290–410
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $70–100
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $80–120
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- bon_voyage_tour@list.ru
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $76–151
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- $151
- Children
- $76
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhsky
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Voronezh Bus station to Volgograd Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $18–24
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–160
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- intercars@intercars.ru
- Website
- intercars-tickets.com
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Voronezh Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
- Website
- infobus.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Voronezh Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Voronezh Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Mannheim to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $105–115
- Website
- https://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
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/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
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $68
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- vissa@apollo.lv
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $71
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
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