Embankment in Samsun, Turkey

Tbilisi to Samsun

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Tbilisi to Samsun. From $125.10, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays $125.10, every fee included. Services cover 1,397 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 20, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $125.10, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 20, 2026

$125.10

  • 143%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about $261.75Wed7
  2. about $378.25Thu8
  3. about $278.67Fri9
  4. about $273.47Sat10
  5. about $283.88Sun11
  6. about $203.18Mon12
  7. about $155.04Tue13
  8. about $186.27Wed14
  9. about $186.27Thu15
  10. about $235.07Fri16
  11. about $231.83Sat17
  12. about $175.20Sun18
  13. about $171.31Mon19
  14. about $125.10Tue20
  15. about $157.64Wed21
  16. about $205.79Thu22
  17. about $187.58Fri23
  18. about $169.35Sat24
  19. about $172.61Sun25
  20. about $161.54Mon26
  21. about $142.02Tue27

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Samsun for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Samsun Gar and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Tbilisi to Samsun

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

  1. $114.6890 days
  2. $170.0060 days
  3. $123.1545 days
  4. $170.0030 days
  5. $142.0221 days
  6. $125.1014 days
  7. $155.047 days
  8. $278.673 days
  9. $261.751 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $114.68.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 143 percent. The most expensive point is $278.67, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
$278.67$114.68137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Tbilisi to Samsun and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

1,397 km

709 km as the crow flies, 97% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

1,049,498 → 394,050

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

The route

TürkiyeRussiaAzerbaijanIranGeorgiaArmeniaBlack SeaAnkaraAnkaraBakuBakuKayseriKayseriEskişehirEskişehirErzurumErzurumMalatyaMalatyaMakhachkalaMakhachkalaVanVanElâzığElâzığArdabilArdabilGanjaGanjaSochiSochiVladikavkazVladikavkazAdapazarıAdapazarıÇorumÇorumSivasSivasTbilisiTbilisiSamsunSamsunMap 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 1,397 km against 709 km in a straight line, a detour of 97 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Ankara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 89 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from SZF into Samsun is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Samsun

Settled in advance, so the ride into Samsun costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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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 Samsun Gar

Most of the points near Samsun Gar open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Tbilisi to Samsun

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 Tbilisi to Samsun?

Tbilisi to Samsun covers 1,397 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Tbilisi to Samsun?

The cheapest fare from Tbilisi to Samsun is $125.10, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $186.27. 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 Tbilisi to Samsun?

The cheapest way from Tbilisi to Samsun is by flight, at $125.10 for one passenger on October 20, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Tbilisi to Samsun?

Fares from Tbilisi to Samsun bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $114.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 143 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Tbilisi to Samsun?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Tbilisi to Samsun, at $142.02. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Tbilisi to Samsun?

March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Tbilisi to Samsun, at $113.39 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 Tbilisi to Samsun?

2 operators sell services from Tbilisi to Samsun across 1 mode: Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines. 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 Tbilisi to Samsun?

0 percent of the services we sell from Tbilisi to Samsun are direct. The rest connect at Ankara, with about 89 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 Tbilisi to Samsun use?

Services from Tbilisi to Samsun by flight leave from Tbilisi International Airport TBS and arrive at Samsun-Çarşamba Airport SZF. 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 Tbilisi to Samsun?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Tbilisi to Samsun allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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

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

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Samsun and across Türkiye

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

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The two ends, compared

Tbilisi reaches 54 places in 25 countries on services we hold, over distances from 68 to 8,986 km. Samsun reaches 14 places in 2 countries, from 81 to 847 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Tbilisi

  • 54Places you can leave for
  • 25Countries
  • 28Operators

Arriving in Samsun

Leaving Samsun

  • 14Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 5Operators

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