Amir Timur Museum
A museum in a blue-domed round building, with lavishly decorated interiors that trace the life of Timur and the history of the Timurid era through maps, manuscripts and artifacts.
Tashkent
The Hazrati Imam complex, the ornate metro stations and Chorsu Bazaar belong to the modern capital, also the main air gateway.
Attractive locations
Chorsu Bazaar
Tashkent's biggest traditional market, under a huge blue dome, selling fresh produce, bread, spices, dried fruit and meat. It is a good place to see local life and taste Uzbek food.
Hazrati Imam Ensemble
A cluster of mosques, madrasas and a library in the old city, home to a very old Quran manuscript. Visitors should dress modestly, as it is an active religious center.
Kukeldash Madrasa
A large sixteenth-century madrasa near Chorsu Bazaar, with a big brick facade and courtyard. It served as a religious school and is a good stop when exploring the old town.
State Museum of Applied Arts
A museum in a former diplomat's mansion with richly decorated rooms, showing Uzbek embroidery, ceramics, carved wood, jewelry and textiles from different regions of the country.
State Art Museum of Uzbekistan
The country's main art museum, with Uzbek art alongside Russian and Western European paintings and sculpture, giving a broad view of artistic exchange in Central Asia.
Amir Timur Square
A central square and park with an equestrian statue of Timur, close to the city's main avenues and hotels, and a convenient meeting point for a walk through central Tashkent.
Airports
Tashkent International Airport TAS
It is about 6 km in a straight line from Tashkent.
Tashkent-Khumo International Airport TVT
It is about 10 km in a straight line from Tashkent.
Scams and safe taxis
Taxi and scam advice for this country is on the Uzbekistan page
Weather by month
Each month shows its average temperature in °C and its mm of rain per month.
- Jan0.4 °C46 mm
- Feb2.3 °C59 mm
- Mar8.5 °C62 mm
- Apr14.2 °C56 mm
- May20.5 °C31 mm
- Jun26.3 °C13 mm
- Jul29.0 °C4 mm
- Aug27.5 °C3 mm
- Sep21.5 °C4 mm
- Oct13.8 °C26 mm
- Nov6.6 °C53 mm
- Dec1.2 °C56 mm
Driest months: Jul, Aug, Sep. Wettest months: Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec.
Costs
Prices here are about 29% of US prices (World Bank, 2025). This compares a country's overall prices, not the cost of a trip.
Festivals and events
culture
Independence Day (1 September)
Fireworks and concerts take place.
Who can help
Emergency
Police 102. Fire 101. Ambulance 103.
local government
Tourist Police (Department of Tourism Safety)
Helps with: Police units set up to keep foreign tourists safe, based in tourist information centres in Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and other cities, and patrolling large tourist sites, stations and airports. No phone is given for them.
Who qualifies: Foreign tourists in Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and other cities with such units.
local government
Unified Safe Tourism Call Center 1173
Helps with: Tourist helpline named on the national tourism information site. The site does not describe the service further; its contact details come from the National PR-centre, a state enterprise running the site.
Who qualifies: Tourists in Uzbekistan seeking help or information.
Phone: 1173
Address: 18 Oybek St., Tashkent 100015
local government
Tourism Committee of Uzbekistan
Helps with: The state tourism body. Its contact page lists a main office phone, a hotline and an email, with office hours Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00 and a lunch break from 13:00 to 14:00.
Who qualifies: Anyone with a tourism question or complaint in Uzbekistan.
Phone: +998 71 205 06 00
Email: info@uzbektourism.uz
Address: Amir Temur Avenue 17, Tashkent 100084
local government
Police emergency number 102
Helps with: Emergency numbers listed on the national tourism site: 102 for police, 103 for an ambulance and 101 for the fire service. The site advises calling 102 to contact the police.
Who qualifies: Anyone in Uzbekistan who needs the police urgently.
Phone: 102
local government
Ministry of Emergency Situations
Helps with: Uzbekistan's emergency situations ministry. Its contact page lists phone lines 1050 and 101, a hotline 1101 and an email, without saying what each line is for.
Who qualifies: Anyone in Uzbekistan affected by an emergency or disaster.
Phone: 1101
Email: info@fvv.uz
Address: 4 Kichik khalka yoli, Tashkent 100084
ngo
Red Crescent Society of Uzbekistan
Helps with: National Red Crescent society. It trains disaster response teams, teaches first aid, runs blood donation and caring services, and helps reunite families separated by emergencies.
Who qualifies: People in Uzbekistan needing its emergency, first aid, health or family tracing services.
Phone: +998 78 150 81 11
Email: secretariat@redcrescent.uz
Address: Yusuf Khos Khodjib Street 30, Tashkent 700031
un agency
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Uzbekistan
Helps with: The UN migration agency, present in Uzbekistan since 2015. It works on migration management, crisis response and counter-trafficking, and community projects that reduce the risks of irregular migration.
Who qualifies: Migrants and migration-affected people in Uzbekistan, including trafficking victims. It is not a help service for ordinary tourists.
Phone: +998 78 120 31 40
Email: iomtashkent@iom.int
Address: 4 Lomonosov Street, Mirzo Ulughbek District, Tashkent 100077
embassy
Foreign embassies and consulates in Uzbekistan (official list)
Helps with: For a lost passport or serious trouble, contact your own country's embassy. The foreign ministry's Diplomatic Corps page lists embassies, consulates general and others with addresses, phones and emails, and was updated 3 November 2026.
Who qualifies: Citizens of each country, through their own embassy or consulate.