Travel toolkit
Travel Uzbekistan
Live weather, today's official exchange rate, ready-made routes, a phrasebook and a voice translator — everything for the road, in one place.
- Map & directionsYour location, any place, and the way there by car or on foot.
- Suggested routesFive trips, stop by stop, with train and road times.
- Phrasebook & translatorThe Uzbek you need, and a voice translator for everything else.
- Famous placesAll 84 places from the fourteen regions, searchable.
- Visas, flights & trainsStraight to the official sites for booking.
Voice translator
Speak in your language and it answers in Uzbek. Let the other person reply in Uzbek, and read it in yours.
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Recordings go to an AI service only to be transcribed, and this site does not keep them.
Weather now
Live conditions and the next six days in every region, measured at its centre.
Money converter
Today's official rate from the Central Bank of Uzbekistan.
Emergency numbers
Free to call from any phone. Keep them in your contacts.
Before you go
The practical things worth knowing before you land.
Visas and registration
Citizens of many countries can visit without a visa; others apply online for an e-visa on the official portal, e-visa.gov.uz. Check your nationality before you book. Hotels register foreign guests automatically. If you stay with friends, you must be registered within three working days — your hosts can do it online through the E-mehmon service.
Money
The currency is the som (UZS). Visa and Mastercard work in most hotels, larger shops and restaurants in the big cities, but bazaars, taxis and small towns run on cash. ATMs are easy to find in cities; carry enough cash for the countryside. Change money at banks or official exchange points — street changers are illegal, and since the rate was unified in 2017 they offer nothing better.
SIM cards and internet
Buy a local SIM from Ucell, Beeline, Mobiuz or Uzmobile at one of their own shops; you will need your passport. Mobile data is inexpensive, and 4G covers the cities and main roads. Most hotels and cafés have Wi-Fi.
Getting around
High-speed Afrosiyob trains link Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and beyond; book early on the railway's official site, especially in spring and autumn. In cities, use the Yandex Go app for taxis and agree nothing in cash with drivers who approach you. The Tashkent metro is cheap, fast and a sight in itself.
Power and time
220 V, 50 Hz, with European two-pin sockets (types C and F). Uzbekistan is on UTC+5 all year round, with no daylight saving.
Dress and manners
Dress modestly at mosques, madrasahs and shrines: shoulders and knees covered, and a headscarf for women inside working mosques. Take your shoes off where others do. A hand on the heart goes with a greeting, a thank-you or a polite refusal. Bread is respected — never put a loaf upside down or throw it away.
Food and water
Drink bottled or boiled water rather than tap water. Tea is offered everywhere, and accepting a cup is polite. Plov is a lunchtime dish: the best plov centres sell out by early afternoon. Most food is halal; pork is rare outside a few restaurants.
Health and safety
Uzbekistan is generally safe for travellers. Pharmacies (dorixona) are everywhere in towns, and travel insurance is worth having. Keep a copy of your passport with you, and ask before photographing people — especially women, and inside mosques.
When to go
Spring (April to early June) and autumn (September and October) are ideal: warm days, cool evenings, and markets full of fruit. Summers are very hot — often above 40 °C in Bukhara and Khiva — and winters are cold, especially in the north-west and the mountains.