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$262–545Train, bus
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Warszawa Zachodniatrain
- Take the bus from Warsaw West to Moscow, International Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhskybus
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Samarkandtrain
4d 7hBus, train
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhskybus
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Samarkandtrain
4d 13hTrain 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 21mTrain, 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
14h 39mTrain, 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
15h 16mTrain, bus via Kalininskiy
- 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 6h
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Samarkand is to fly which costs $260 - $550 and takes 11h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Samarkand is to fly which takes 11h 28m and costs $260 - $550.
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 7h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 28m to get from Zurich to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 3h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 10:29 AM in Zurich and 1:29 PM in Samarkand.
There are 732+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
Turkish Airlines, Uzbekistan, and six other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Basel to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
- Website
- airsamarkand.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- intercity.pl
- 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
- $65–110
- Schedules at
- railway.tj
- Book at
- eng.rzd.ru
- Phone
- 1005
- compliance@railway.uz
- Website
- railway.uz
Train from Volzhsky to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $33–54
- Website
- https://railway.uz/en/
- Book at
- https://eticket.railway.uz/en/home
- Sleeper
- $33–36
- Coupe
- $50–54
- SV
- $95–105
- Website
- delfi.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- delfi.de
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- trenord.it
- Website
- fsitaliane.it
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- fsitaliane.it
- 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
- $65–130
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $270–380
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $65–90
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $85–130
- 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
- $79–158
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- $158
- Children
- $79
- 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
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- 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
- $60–160
- 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 Salaryevo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–95
- Website
- https://www.intercars-tickets.com/
- 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
- $140–240
- 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
- $70–140
- 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
- $71
- 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
- 11h
- 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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