--- title: "Urgench to Samarkand – 3 ways by plane, car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Urgench to Samarkand is 575 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/urgench-to-samarkand" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/urgench-to-samarkand.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Urgench to Samarkand [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Urgench&to=Samarkand) [Samarkand to Urgench](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/samarkand-to-urgench) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 575 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 1\ 3 ways, Thu 29 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 575 km apart. Times are the timetables for Thu 29 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 3h 15m quicker than driving for $180 more; for most people the time is worth more. - [**Fly** best 6h 8m$190–290 Estimated UGC → SKD · one stop via TAS · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Urgench&to=Samarkand) - [**Drive** 9h 24m$50–70 Estimated Visa likely needed for Turkmenistan 651 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Urgench&to=Samarkand) - [**Taxi** 9h 24m$1,040–1,430 Estimated Visa likely needed for Turkmenistan one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Urgench&to=Samarkand) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, search by Photon](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 Uzbekistan; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Visa likely needed for Turkmenistan** · Uzbekistan passport (assumed) [Check rules](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/turkmenistan/entry-requirements) Visa rules: [Passport Index data](https://github.com/imorte/passport-index-data) (MIT, 17 Feb 2026); always check the official entry rules. ## Departures today 1. [08:04 → 14:12 6h 8m · 1 change$190–290](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Urgench&to=Samarkand&date=2026-10-29&time=08%3A00&it=fly) 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 Urgench to Samarkand? The fastest way is by plane: about 6h 8m door to door, including the ride to the airport and check-in. The straight-line distance is 575 km. What is the cheapest way from Urgench to Samarkand? Fly is the cheapest, from $190. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Urgench to Samarkand? About 1h 36m in the air (UGC → TAS), about 6h 8m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run $190–290; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Samarkand from Urgench by road? About 651 km, roughly 9h 24m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $50–70; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Samarkand City in southeastern Uzbekistan Samarkand is a major city in south-eastern Uzbekistan. Among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia, it had a population of 882,000 inhabitants as of 2026, making it the second-largest city in Uzbekistan after Tashkent. It is the capital of the Samarkand Region and a district-level city that includes the urban-type settlements of Kimyogarlar, Farkhod, and Khishrav. It also served as the initial capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic from 1925 until 1930. [The Samarkand guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/samarkand) Worth your time - Eternal City and Eternity Square Opened in 2022, a very beautiful tourist complex near a large Samarkand Rowing Canal, about 10 km east of the historical center of Samarkand. - Afrasiyab If you don't mind dust and love archaeology, then in the historical center of Samarkand, there are the ruins of ancient Samarkand, now called Afrasiyab. - Football The main football club in Samarkand is Dinamo Samarkand, which participates in the Uzbekistan Super League (the highest level of the country's leagues). - Samarkand Regional Anton Chekhov Russian Drama Theater If you understand Russian, there is an Anton Chekhov Russian Drama Theatre in the Soviet part (West) of Samarkand, where performances are entirely in Russian. 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