There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Samarkand by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane CGN - SKD
10h 36m$354–964Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhskybus
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Samarkandtrain
4d 15h$296–758Train, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Hanover to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhskybus
- Take the train from Volzhsky to Samarkandtrain
4d 7h$317–653Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane DUS - SKD
12h 9m$374–978Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane FRA - SKD
11h 1m$442–721Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane BRU - SKD
13h 10m$455–795Train, bus to Luxembourg, fly
- Take the train from Köln Süd Bf to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsbackbus
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD)plane LUX - SKD
20h 42m$396–1,342Train, bus via Kalininskiy
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Hanover to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaiatrain
- Take the train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkandtrain
4d 23h$344–833
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Samarkand is to bus and train which costs $290 - $800 and takes 4 days 15h.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Samarkand is to fly which takes 10h 36m and costs $350 - $1,000.
The distance between Cologne and Samarkand is 4729 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Samarkand without a car is to train and bus which takes 4 days 7h and costs $310 - $700.
It takes approximately 10h 36m to get from Cologne to Samarkand, including transfers.
Samarkand is 4h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 7:56 AM in Cologne and 11:56 AM in Samarkand.
There are 853+ hotels available in Samarkand.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Samarkand, Uzbekistan?
Turkish Airlines, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Samarkand International Airport (SKD) once daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Samarkand International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–900
Flights from Brussels Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–900
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–950
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
- Website
- flyhelicopters.uz
Flights from Frankfurt to Samarkand International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–800
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Brussels Airport to Samarkand International Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–850
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- 1005
- [email protected]
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
Train from Volzhsky to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $34–55
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Book at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Schedules at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Sleeper
- $34–37
- Coupe
- $51–55
- SV
- $95–105
Train from Aksarayskaya-1 to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 41h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $30–48
- Website
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Book at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Schedules at
- Uzbekistan Railways
- Sleeper
- $30–33
- Coupe
- $44–48
- SV
- $80–95
- Phone
- +992 (37) 227 21 77
- [email protected]
- Website
- railway.tj
Train from Volzhsky to Samarkand
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Book at
- Tajikistan Railways
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Süd Bf to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from St Petersburg Glavny to Aksaraiskaia
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- $250–360
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- $60–85
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- $80–120
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- [email protected]
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Hanover to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–360
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Köln/Bonn Airport to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–500
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Hanover to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $170–360
- Schedules at
- vt.by
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–180
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhsky
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Salaryevo Bus Station to Volzhsky
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- Intercars Europe
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Salaryevo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–75
- Website
- Intercars Europe
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $27–85
- Website
- Intercars Europe
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- [email protected]
- Website
- Mobiliteit
Bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsback
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Mobiliteit
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