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Samarkand to Nukus

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Samarkand to Nukus. From €90.41, fastest 7h 8m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Samarkand to Nukus runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €90.41, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 8m over 1,100 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €90.41, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026

€90.41

  • 191%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Samarkand

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €291.01Thu24
  2. about €240.86Fri25
  3. about €223.75Sat26
  4. about €221.39Sun27
  5. about €162.98Mon28
  6. about €168.88Tue29
  7. about €164.16Wed30
  8. about €171.24Thu1
  9. about €127.58Fri2
  10. about €145.28Sat3
  11. about €165.34Sun4
  12. about €134.66Mon5
  13. about €127.58Tue6
  14. about €123.45Wed7
  15. about €121.68Thu8
  16. about €141.15Fri9
  17. about €112.24Sat10
  18. about €111.06Sun11
  19. about €90.41Mon12
  20. about €98.67Tue13
  21. about €117.55Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Nukus. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Nukus for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Nokis arka-batys (Nukus northwestern) and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Samarkand to Nukus

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €112.2490 days
  2. €106.3460 days
  3. €99.8545 days
  4. €129.3530 days
  5. €117.5521 days
  6. €123.4514 days
  7. €164.167 days
  8. €223.753 days
  9. €291.011 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €99.85.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 191 percent. The dearest point is €291.01, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€291.01€99.85137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Samarkand to Nukus and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

1,100 km

691 km as the crow flies, 59% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

595,200332,500

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

KazakhstanTurkmenistanTajikistanTashkentTashkentShymkentShymkentAshgabatAshgabatAndijanAndijanDushanbeDushanbeTarazTarazFerganaFerganaBukharaBukharaQarshiQarshiKokandKokandTurkmenabatTurkmenabatTurkestanTurkestanKŭlobKŭlobKhujandKhujandUrgenchUrgenchKurgan-TyubeKurgan-TyubeSamarkandSamarkandNukusNukusMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,100 km against 691 km in a straight line, a detour of 59 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Tashkent. The gap between arriving and leaving is 104 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 9 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Nokis arka-batys (Nukus northwestern)

Most of the points near Nokis arka-batys (Nukus northwestern) open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Samarkand to Nukus

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Samarkand to Nukus?

The fastest journey from Samarkand to Nukus takes 7h 8m door to door, of which 2h 14m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 13m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Samarkand to Nukus?

The cheapest fare from Samarkand to Nukus is €90.41, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €141.15. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Samarkand to Nukus?

The cheapest way from Samarkand to Nukus is by flight, at €90.41 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 8m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Samarkand to Nukus?

Fares from Samarkand to Nukus bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €99.85. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 191 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Samarkand to Nukus?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Samarkand to Nukus, at €123.45. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Samarkand to Nukus?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Samarkand to Nukus, at €86.87 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Samarkand to Nukus?

1 operators sell services from Samarkand to Nukus across 1 mode: Uzbekistan Airways. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Samarkand to Nukus?

0 percent of the services we sell from Samarkand to Nukus are direct. The rest connect at Tashkent, with about 104 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Samarkand to Nukus use?

Services from Samarkand to Nukus by flight leave from Samarkand International Airport SKD and arrive at Nukus International Airport NCU. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Samarkand to Nukus?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Samarkand to Nukus allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Samarkand to Nukus on 23 September 2026: 1100 km of route against 691 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €90.41, and 7h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Nukus a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Nukus and across Uzbekistan

Day trips that leave Nukus in the morning and cover a good part of Uzbekistan by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Samarkand reaches 28 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 66 to 3,390 km. Nukus reaches 8 places in 2 countries, from 94 to 2,161 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Samarkand

  • 28Places you can leave for
  • 7Countries
  • 11Operators

Arriving in Nukus

Leaving Nukus

  • 8Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 4Operators

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