--- title: "Kalu Kand to Ashgabat – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Kalu Kand to Ashgabat is 279 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kalu-kand-to-ashgabat" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kalu-kand-to-ashgabat.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Kalu Kand to Ashgabat [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kalu+Kand&to=Ashgabat) [Ashgabat to Kalu Kand](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ashgabat-to-kalu-kand) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 279 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Tue 27 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 279 km apart. Times are the timetables for Tue 27 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best$820 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 6h 43m$36–50 Estimated **Avoid** · Iran 454 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kalu+Kand&to=Ashgabat) - [**Taxi** 6h 43m$730–1,000 Estimated **Avoid** · Iran one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kalu+Kand&to=Ashgabat) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Iran; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Visa likely needed for Turkmenistan** · Iran passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/turkmenistan/entry-requirements) - **Avoid travel to Iran** [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/iran) [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.irn.html) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Departures today Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Kalu Kand to Ashgabat? The fastest way is by car: about 6h 43m door to door. The straight-line distance is 279 km. What is the cheapest way from Kalu Kand to Ashgabat? Drive is the cheapest, from $36. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Ashgabat from Kalu Kand by road? About 454 km, roughly 6h 43m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $36–50; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Ashgabat Capital and largest city of Turkmenistan Ashgabat is the capital and largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies between the Karakum Desert and the Köpetdag mountain range in Central Asia, approximately 50 km (30 mi) away from the Iran-Turkmenistan border. The city has a population of 1,030,063. [The Ashgabat guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/ashgabat) Worth your time - National Museum Archabil sayoli 30 (in front of the Kopet Dag),. - Museum of Fine Arts The Central Hall has a large picture of President Niyazov Abundance of the Harvest. - Turkmen Carpet Museum The museum houses antique carpets of the 18th and 19th centuries and modern carpets from all parts of the country. - Museum of Turkmen National Values In the first floor, the museum houses displays of silver jewellery for women and horses, and replicas of the golden bull- and wolf-head sculptures from Altyn Depe. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Ashgabat Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kalu-kand-to-ashgabat, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt