There are 7 ways to get from Almaty to Zurich by plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ALA - ZRH
13h 17mCHF 247–504Fly to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ALA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
15h 34mCHF 235–598Train, bus
- Take the train from Almaty 2 to Saratov 1 Passtrain
- Take the bus from Saratov to Salaryevo Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Warsaw Westbus
- Take the train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Muenchen Hbftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Hbtrain
4d 20hCHF 405–795Drive 6,360.7 km
- Drive from Almaty to Zurichcar 6,360.7 km
3d 1hCHF 1,061–1,532Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Basel (BSL)plane ALA - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
15h 21mCHF 334–560Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ALA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain
15h 20mCHF 236–453Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane ALA - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
16h 56mCHF 253–569
Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Almaty to Zurich is to fly which costs SFr 240 - SFr 550 and takes 13h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Almaty to Zurich is to fly which takes 13h 17m and costs SFr 240 - SFr 550.
The distance between Almaty and Zurich is 5215 km. The road distance is 6360.7 km.
The best way to get from Almaty to Zurich without a car is to train and bus which takes 4 days 20h and costs SFr 400 - SFr 800.
It takes approximately 13h 17m to get from Almaty to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 3h behind Almaty. It is currently 12:52 AM in Almaty and 9:52 PM in Zurich.
Yes, the driving distance between Almaty to Zurich is 6361 km. It takes approximately 3 days 1h to drive from Almaty to Zurich.
There are 1267+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Almaty, Kazakhstan and Zurich, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Almaty International Airport (ALA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) 5 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–480
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–650
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–650
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–600
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–600
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Zurich Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–900
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–500
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Almaty International Airport to Frankfurt via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–430
- Phone
- 1433
- [email protected]
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Almaty 2 to Saratov 1 Pass
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 15h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–310
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- CHF 160–230
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- CHF 230–310
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Warszawa Zachodnia to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–210
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–27
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–26
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–85
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–55
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 8-800-775-45-73
- Website
- avtovokzaly.ru
Bus from Saratov to Salaryevo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Schedules at
- avtovokzaly.ru
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- [email protected]
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Moscow, International Bus Station to Warsaw West
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–119
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- CHF 119
- Children
- CHF 60
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