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Silk Road cities covered; desert stretches unreliable.
Uzbekistan's networks have improved fast: 4G download speeds rose 32% in six months to around 21 Mbps by mid-2025, according to Opensignal. Ucell leads on speed (around 37 Mbps average) and 5G in cities; Uzmobile leads on rural reach. 5G exists in Tashkent, Samarkand and the main cities but is still limited. For travellers, 4G is what you will use on the Silk Road route, and coverage is solid across all the main tourist cities. Remote steppe and mountain areas are where signal thins.
Typical local SIM: $Cheap: a local SIM with data runs a few dollars. Local prices are far below travel eSIM rates.. Usually sold at Tashkent International Airport (arrivals) and at operator shops in the cities. A passport and a hotel registration document are both required for SIM registration.. Uzbekistan requires both a passport and proof of hotel registration to buy a SIM, which can complicate registration on day one before you have checked in. A travel eSIM avoids this entirely and works on landing. For the Silk Road cities (Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva), all three main networks cover the tourist sites reliably.
For most Silk Road visits, a travel eSIM is the easy pick: it skips the double-document registration and connects on landing. For longer stays or remote travel, a local Ucell or Uzmobile SIM gives great value at very low cost once you clear the registration.
Fastest network in Uzbekistan with average download speeds around 37 Mbps and the best 5G performance in cities. Strong across all the Silk Road tourist cities and the best pick in the Fergana Valley. The speed choice for city-focused travel.
The national operator with the widest rural reach, including remote areas where Ucell and Beeline thin out. Also rolling out 5G on 3500 MHz. The safer choice for travel beyond the main cities.
Wide 4G coverage across cities and main roads with 98% population coverage and decent city speeds of 20 to 50 Mbps, but rated the weakest of the main operators on rural coverage. Fine for city-only trips.
you want to land in Tashkent connected without the double-document registration hassle (passport plus hotel proof) that a local SIM requires.
you stay a while and want very cheap local data prices, and you have your hotel confirmation ready to register the SIM on arrival.
No first-hand measurement has been published for Uzbekistan yet. This page will update automatically when a validated field test is added to the shared dataset.
Use this page to compare the current price per GB, network indicator, transparency signal and local-operator reference for Uzbekistan. It also links to a destination calculator and plan page.
It is the median price per GB of mid-tier plans in the live Uzbekistan catalogue. Small 1 GB teasers and 50 GB or larger bulk plans are excluded so the figure reflects a typical traveller choice.
The page shows the current mobile speed indicator, a transparency score and the main local operator. These are destination-level signals, not a guarantee for every street or device.
The decision section compares the practical trade-offs. A travel eSIM is usually simpler for a short visit; a local SIM can make sense when you need a local number, longer service or local pricing. Check the current conditions before deciding.
Price per GB is the median of mid-tier plans from the live Uzbekistan catalogue. Network and transparency indicators come from the shared Drift dataset and are refreshed monthly.
Field measurements are published only after validation. Open dataset: data-asia.json.
Figures updated September 2026. Dataset license: CC BY 4.0.