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Nukus to Samarkand

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Nukus to Samarkand. From €90.41, fastest 6h 44m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Nukus to Samarkand 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 6h 44m over 1,100 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 12, 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 October 12, 2026

€90.41

  • 239%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Nukus

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 €308.71Thu24
  2. about €257.97Fri25
  3. about €280.39Sat26
  4. about €219.62Sun27
  5. about €149.41Mon28
  6. about €165.34Tue29
  7. about €191.89Wed30
  8. about €179.50Thu1
  9. about €133.48Fri2
  10. about €148.82Sat3
  11. about €154.72Sun4
  12. about €141.74Mon5
  13. about €110.47Tue6
  14. about €138.20Wed7
  15. about €128.76Thu8
  16. about €122.27Fri9
  17. about €122.27Sat10
  18. about €114.60Sun11
  19. about €90.41Mon12
  20. about €116.37Tue13
  21. about €121.09Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Samarkand for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Samarkand railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Nukus to Samarkand

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

  1. €98.6790 days
  2. €97.4960 days
  3. €91.0045 days
  4. €125.8130 days
  5. €121.0921 days
  6. €138.2014 days
  7. €191.897 days
  8. €280.393 days
  9. €308.711 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €91.00.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 239 percent. The most expensive point is €308.71, 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.
€308.71€91.00137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Nukus to Samarkand 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 south-east.

Who lives at each end

332,500595,200

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

The route

KazakhstanTurkmenistanTajikistanTashkentTashkentShymkentShymkentAshgabatAshgabatAndijanAndijanDushanbeDushanbeTarazTarazFerganaFerganaBukharaBukharaQarshiQarshiKokandKokandTurkmenabatTurkmenabatTurkestanTurkestanKŭlobKŭlobKhujandKhujandUrgenchUrgenchKurgan-TyubeKurgan-TyubeNukusNukusSamarkandSamarkandMap 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 80 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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

Baggage storage near Samarkand railway station

Most of the points near Samarkand railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Nukus to Samarkand

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Nukus to Samarkand?

The fastest journey from Nukus to Samarkand takes 6h 44m door to door, of which 2h 22m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 49m, 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 Nukus to Samarkand?

The cheapest fare from Nukus to Samarkand is €90.41, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €141.74. 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 Nukus to Samarkand?

The cheapest way from Nukus to Samarkand is by flight, at €90.41 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 6h 52m 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 Nukus to Samarkand?

Fares from Nukus to Samarkand bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €91.00. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 239 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Nukus to Samarkand, at €116.37. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Nukus to Samarkand?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Nukus to Samarkand, at €99.26 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 service from Nukus to Samarkand?

1 operators sell services from Nukus to Samarkand 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 Nukus to Samarkand?

0 percent of the services we sell from Nukus to Samarkand are direct. The rest connect at Tashkent, with about 80 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 Nukus to Samarkand use?

Services from Nukus to Samarkand by flight leave from Nukus International Airport NCU and arrive at Samarkand International Airport SKD. 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 Nukus to Samarkand?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Nukus to Samarkand 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 labeled 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 Nukus to Samarkand on September 23, 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 6h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Samarkand is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Samarkand and across Uzbekistan

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

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The two ends, compared

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

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Nukus

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

Arriving in Samarkand

Leaving Samarkand

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

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