Andijan Region · Uzbekistan
Andijan travel guide
Andijan is a city in Andijan Region, Uzbekistan, home to about 548,000 people.
- Best months
- April and October
- Nearest airport
- AZN8 km · Andijan International Airport
- Currency
- UZSUzbek som
- Time zone
- Asia/Tashkent
- Language
- Uzbek
About
About Andijan
Andijan ( AN-dih-JAN, -JAHN), also spelt Andijon and formerly romanized as Andizhan, is a city in Uzbekistan. It is the administrative, economic, and cultural center of Andijan Region.
The Andijan Region is on the eastern edge of Uzbekistan, but the city is about an hour away from the land border with Kyrgyzstan - Do’stlik. Very roughly speaking, the city is divided in half by the train line which runs parallel to Muqimiy Road and cuts diagonally across the city. The northern part is usually referred to as Eski Shahar (“Old City”), and the southern part is typically thought of as Yangi Bozor (“New Market”).
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Things to do
What to see and do in Andijan
See
- Bog'ishamol
- Devanoboy Friday Mosque
- Andijan Regional Museum
- Site of 2005 Incident (Bobur Square)
- Kompleks Kala/Tsarist Fort (крепость)
- Pushkin Park
- Ahmadbek-Xoji's Hotel (Ahmadbek Xojining Mehmonxonasi)
Do
Andijan has many karaoke venues, an ice skating rink, roller blade clubs, and amusement parks for children.
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When to go
The best time to visit Andijan
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Andijan are April and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 35 °C; March is the wettest, with about 38 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Andijan: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Andijan International Airport (AZN), about 7.8 km from the city centre in a straight line; Osh International Airport (OSS, 42 km) and Fergana International Airport (FEG, 70 km) are also within reach.
AZN · Andijan International Airport
OSS · Osh International Airport
FEG · Fergana International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Andijan
Drink
Coffee culture used to be non-existent in Andijan, with most places sufficing to serve 3-in-1 coffee. Nowadays however a budding coffee scene has taken hold and there are a number of places where you can get real coffee, primarily in the microdistricts.
Stay safe
Andijan was the site of what many have termed a massacre in May 2005. The story is complicated, but in brief, an armed raid on a local prison, followed by the occupation of a government building where local government officials were held hostage, led to a gathering of several thousand people in the town square. At some point, firing began and the end result was the death of what most believe to be hundreds of innocents, shot down by government troops. The official government version of these events was that the entire event was triggered by Islamic extremists and that only 187 people died - virtually all "extremists", government officials and troops.
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Questions
Andijan: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Andijan?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Andijan are April and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 35 °C; March is the wettest, with about 38 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Andijan?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Andijan International Airport (AZN), about 7.8 km from the city centre in a straight line; Osh International Airport (OSS, 42 km) and Fergana International Airport (FEG, 70 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Andijan?
Uzbek som (UZS).
Nearby
Destinations near Andijan
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.