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Tashkent is a morning-and-evening city: do Khast Imam and Chorsu before 11:00, hide from the heat at midday, and use the metro and short car rides between four spread-out clusters — the airport is close, but check that your hotel desk is staffed when you land.

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Weather: forecast below
Currency: UZS
Best months: Mar · Apr · May · Sep · Oct
Airport: TAS

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Start trip First time here Arrive TAS Print / PDF guide

17 pages, for the metro and roaming-off days

Cash need

3/5

Heat risk

4/5

Stroller

2/5

Friction

60/100

Rules in force · 6Land borders between Central Asian states open and shut w…

Central Asia ↗Keep every hotel registration slip or its e-registration record until you leave Uzbekistan and Tajikistan; border officers can ask for proof of where you slept and fine gaps.
Central Asia ↗Land borders between Central Asian states open and shut with politics and demarcation deals; confirm the exact post is open to foreigners the week you cross.
Uzbekistan ↗Check entry rules on the official e-visa portal only; many nationalities enter without a visa for a limited stay, others need an e-visa. Lookalike sites charge extra.
Uzbekistan ↗Foreign visitors are registered by hotels; keep any registration slip you are given and ask for one if you stay in a private home.
Uzbekistan ↗Carry Uzbek soʻm in small notes; bazaars, taxis and small cafés are cash-first, and cards are accepted mainly in hotels and larger shops.
Tashkent Region ↗Jun–Aug in Tashkent is 35–40 °C by day: do outdoor sights before 11:00 and after 17:00.

Tashkent line · walking clusters

Chorsu Bazaar & Old Citybags forbidden · half Khast Imam (Hazrati Imam) Complexbags forbidden · half Amir Temur Squarebags painful · 90m Independence Squarebags painful · 90m

At a glance

Clusters: 4
Places: 3
Day plans: 1
Places to eat: 1
Sleep areas: 2
Gateways: TAS

Right now

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Decide

Who it suits, the trade-offs and when to go

Overview

The city in one paragraph, who it fits, and how many days it takes.

Tashkent's sights are far apart on wide avenues, and the summer sun is strong. The trips that go wrong walk between clusters at noon in July, or arrive late to a hotel with no night desk. Four clusters cover a first visit: the Old City with Chorsu, Khast Imam, Amir Temur Square and Independence Square. Samarkand and Bukhara are trips away from one kept bed, not part of this line.

Fits

Bazaar and food trips
Short city breaks before the Silk Road cities
Metro and architecture fans

Does not fit

Midday walkers in summer
Travellers who want a compact old town
Strollers and wheelchairs at the Old City market

2 days: Khast Imam and Chorsu morning, Amir Temur Square evening
3 days: Four clusters, mornings and evenings only
5 days: Four clusters + one slow day + a road day to the Chimgan mountains
Don't confuse: Chorsu is both a bazaar and a metro station; Khast Imam is the Hazrati Imam complex, and it is a separate visit from Chorsu.

Where’s whatTap an area for what it is like and who it suits. Shapes follow this guide’s walking areas and places, not official boundaries.

Hover, tap or tab to an area to see what it is like. Pins are sleep areas; arrows at the edge point to the airport.

Off the map: Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport (TAS) (25–45 min by the usual route).

Decide

The honest trade-off: what you will enjoy, what will wear you down.

When

Best months: Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct. Month-by-month verdicts below, with the live forecast first.

Tashkent: next 7 days

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Air quality

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Model estimate (CAMS via Open-Meteo), not a street-level station; readings near busy roads run higher.

Jancaution

Cold and grey; bring a coat.

Febcaution

Cold, some rain.

Margo

Mild; check Navruz dates (around Mar 21).

Aprgo

Warm; a good month to walk.

Maygo

Warm and long days; good month.

Juncaution

Hot by midday; keep to mornings and evenings.

Julavoid

Hottest; daytime highs pass 38 °C.

Augavoid

Very hot and dry.

Sepgo

Heat eases; Sep 1 events close central streets.

Octgo

Best month for walking.

Novcaution

Cool, grey, some rain.

Deccaution

Cold; bring a coat.

Arrive & move

Getting in, getting around, and your bags

Arrive

Gateways

Each gateway has its own airport-to-bed page with timings and the last safe connection.

Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport (TAS)Launch profile 21:00 → Amir Temur Square area: feasibleTAS to the centre: one ride-hail car or an airport taxi, 20–45 minutes for about 8 km — the risk is not the ride but a hotel that has no staffed desk when you land late.

Move

The default way around, when a pass pays off, and when the last trains go.

Default: Walk inside a cluster; ride-hailing car or the metro between clusters.
Passes: No pass. Short car rides inside the centre are cheap; check the fare in the app before you ride.
Last trains: The metro stops at night (field-verify the last train); ride-hailing runs all night.
Other modes: Other modes (Rome2Rio) ↗

Luggage

Where big bags are a problem, and how to get rid of them for the day.

Rule

Chorsu bazaar and the Old City lanes are crowded and uneven: large suitcases go from the car to the door, never into the market.

Lockers: Few public lockers; hotels hold bags after check-out.
Forwarding: No forwarding service culture; keep the big bag at the Tashkent hotel for trips away.
Dead zone: Late check-out flights: ask the hotel to hold bags and for a shower room; many do for a small fee.

Shinkansen with large bags →

See & do

Walking clusters, day plans and the places worth the time

Clusters

Walking polygons, not wards

Plan by cluster: each is a walkable area with a rescue point and a bag rule.

Chorsu Bazaar & Old Citybags forbidden

Morning cluster: the domed Chorsu bazaar from opening, Kukeldash madrasa next to it, plov and samsa for lunch; crowded and hot by midday.

rescue 100% · max p90 6.4′ · half

Khast Imam (Hazrati Imam) Complexbags forbidden

Morning-only cluster: the mosque courtyards and the Kaffal Shashi mausoleum before the heat; open squares with little shade at noon.

rescue 100% · max p90 6.9′ · half

Amir Temur Squarebags painful

Late-afternoon and evening cluster: the square, the history museum and the hotel-row cafés; flat and shaded, easy to combine with the metro.

rescue 100% · max p90 5.7′ · 90m

Independence Squarebags painful

Short evening cluster: the square and its gardens on foot from the metro; large, open and hot by day, better after 17:00.

rescue 100% · max p90 5.7′ · 90m

Days

Rendered from the graph

Ready-made day plans, timed against opening hours and walking distances.

Tashkent in 3 days3 daysMornings outside, middays indoors, evenings on the squares; the last day ends with the bags already in the car.

Places

Curated — verdicts, not rankings

Each place gets a verdict and the time to be there, not a star rating.

Amir Temur Squarego No admissionGo late afternoon or evening: 25 minutes around the equestrian statue and gardens, then the history museum or a hotel café; free and always open.Chorsu Bazaargo at hour early morningadmission: unknownGo early, before the crowd and the heat; the domed hall for bread, spices and dried fruit, 60 minutes, cash only; skip midday in summer.Khast Imam (Hazrati Imam) Complexgo at hour early morningadmission: unknownGo in the morning before the heat: 45 minutes across the squares, mosque courtyards and the mausoleum; dress covered and check prayer times.

Eat & sleep

Where to eat and which area to sleep in

Eat

A short list of places worth crossing the city for, each with how to get a seat.

Plov and samsa near Chorsu bazaarWalk-in plov and oven-baked samsa at the bazaar canteens; go before 13:00 — plov is a lunch dish and stalls can run out; pick the busiest counter.

Vegetarian-friendly score

0.5 / 5 · Very hard

Country diet noteOur country guide rates vegetarian eating as hard.0 / 2
Places to eat in this guideToo few places with a known answer (1) to judge.0 / 1.5
Budget eating lines0 vegetarian lines in "Eat by budget".0 / 0.6
Meat-free national dishes4 meat-free dishes in the country food list.0.4 / 0.4
Dedicated vegetarian kitchens0 mentions of vegetarian restaurants, Buddhist or fasting kitchens.0 / 0.5

Country note: Hard: meat stock and mutton fat run through soups and plov.

Vegetarian places near me →Make a diet card →

How we score

Country diet note (up to 2): easy 2, workable 1, mixed 0.75, hard 0; no note 0.5.
City places to eat (up to 1.5): 1.5 × (vegetarian-friendly + half of partly friendly) ÷ places with a known answer; needs 3 or more known places.
Budget eating lines marked vegetarian (up to 0.6): 0.2 each.
Meat-free national dishes (up to 0.4): 0.1 each.
Dedicated vegetarian kitchens mentioned — Buddhist chay, shōjin ryōri, Jain, fasting food, vegan cafés (up to 0.5): 0.1 each.
Total rounded to the nearest half point, 0 to 5. Built from our own pages only, not from reviews.

Sleep

Areas, not hotels

Pick the area first: it decides your walk home at night and your first morning.

Amir Temur Square areaDesk: staffed 24hFirst-timers: bigger hotels with a staffed desk, lifts and a door the car can reach; the metro and the square are a walk away.Chorsu and the Old CityDesk: unknownBazaar mornings on foot, but choose a guesthouse that confirms a night desk or door code in writing; lanes are narrow and cars stop at the edge.

Practical

Money, essentials, safety and the pocket card

Money

What a day costs at three comfort levels, and how to pay.

Budget: UZS 150,000–300,000 excl. bed / day
Mid: UZS 300,000–700,000 excl. bed / day
High: UZS 700,000+ excl. bed / day
IC card: The metro takes a card or a token at the station; ride-hailing apps and taxis cover the rest.
Cash rule: Keep UZS 200,000 in small notes; use ATMs inside banks, hotels or malls, not on dark streets.

Survive

Safety basics, the lines not to cross, and practical habits that save the day.

Safety

Heat (Jun–Aug): shade or AC stop every 60–90 minutes; drink bottled water.
Cross wide avenues at crossings or underpasses; drivers do not always yield.
Emergency: 101 fire, 102 police, 103 ambulance.

Red lines

Mosques and mausoleums: shoulders and knees covered; shoes off at prayer halls.
Do not photograph government buildings, guards or military sites.
Ask before photographing people at the bazaar.

Practical

Toilets: hotels, malls and cafés; carry tissues and small change.
Tap water is not for drinking.

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