Qashqadaryo Region · Uzbekistan
Qarshi travel guide
Qarshi is a city in Qashqadaryo Region, Uzbekistan, home to about 275,000 people.
- Best months
- April and October
- Nearest airport
- SKD138 km · Samarkand International Airport
- Currency
- UZSUzbek som
- Time zone
- Asia/Tashkent
- Language
- Uzbek
About
About Qarshi
Qarshi is a city in southern Uzbekistan. It is the capital of Qashqadaryo Region.
The city now known as Qarshi, was called Nakhshab by the Persians and Nasab by the Arabs. After the Mongol invasion, Kapak Khan built himself a couple of palaces (karshi in Mongolian) and the name was subsequently given to the new settlement.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Qarshi
See
- Kok Gumbaz mosque
- Khoja Adbul Aziz Madrassah
- Odin Madrasah
- Kurgancha Mosque
- World War II Memorial
- Kashkadarya Bridge
- Khasim Ata Ensemble
- Er-kurgan Fortress
- Sultan Mir Haidor complex
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When to go
The best time to visit Qarshi
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Qarshi are April and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 37 °C; March is the wettest, with about 50 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 Qarshi: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Samarkand International Airport (SKD), about 138 km from the city centre in a straight line; Navoi International Airport (NVI, 149 km) is also within reach.
SKD · Samarkand International Airport
NVI · Navoi International Airport
Questions
Qarshi: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Qarshi?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Qarshi are April and October. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 37 °C; March is the wettest, with about 50 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Qarshi?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Samarkand International Airport (SKD), about 138 km from the city centre in a straight line; Navoi International Airport (NVI, 149 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Qarshi?
Uzbek som (UZS).
Nearby
Destinations near Qarshi
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.