There are 7 ways to get from Astana to Zurich by plane, bus, car, or train
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 Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NQZ - ZRH
12h 45mCHF 164–487Bus
- Take the bus from Saparzhai bus station to Tashkent bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Tashkent bus station to Krasnodar-1 Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Krasnodar-1 Bus station to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Munich Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus
6d 20hCHF 212–597Drive 5,159.6 km
- Drive from Astana to Zurichcar 5,159.6 km
2d 14hCHF 861–1,244Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Basel (BSL)plane NQZ - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
15h 4mCHF 211–601Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane NQZ - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
16h 34mCHF 271–648Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NQZ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
15h 12mCHF 260–820Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane NQZ - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
17h 47mCHF 235–582
Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Astana to Zurich is to fly which costs SFr 160 - SFr 490 and takes 12h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Astana to Zurich is to fly which takes 12h 45m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 490.
No, there is no direct bus from Astana station to Zurich station. However, there are services departing from Saparzhai bus station and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Tashkent bus station, Krasnodar-1 Bus station, Minsk Central Bus Station and Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6 days 20h.
The distance between Astana and Zurich is 4477 km. The road distance is 5159.6 km.
The best way to get from Astana to Zurich without a car is to bus which takes 6 days 20h and costs SFr 210 - SFr 600.
It takes approximately 12h 45m to get from Astana to Zurich, including transfers.
Astana to Zurich bus services, operated by Astana Saparzhai Bus Terminal, depart from Saparzhai bus station.
The best way to get from Astana to Zurich is to fly which takes 12h 45m and costs SFr 160 - SFr 490. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs SFr 210 - SFr 600 and takes 6 days 20h.
Astana to Zurich bus services, operated by Astana Saparzhai Bus Terminal, arrive at Tashkent bus station.
Zurich is 4h behind Astana. It is currently 4:15 PM in Astana and 12:15 PM in Zurich.
What companies run services between Astana, Kazakhstan and Zurich, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Air Astana, and four other airlines fly from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport (NQZ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Saparzhai bus station to Zurich Bus Station via Tashkent bus station, Krasnodar-1 Bus station, Minsk Central Bus Station, and Munich central bus station in around 6d 20h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–650
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–750
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–750
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–600
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–650
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–480
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–550
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–600
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Frankfurt via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–900
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Frankfurt via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Zurich Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Basel via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–600
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–600
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–450
- Website
- airastana.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
- Website
- azal.az
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Baku Heydar Aliyev
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–470
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–480
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–35
- 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 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- 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 25–110
- 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 30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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
Bus from Saparzhai bus station to Tashkent bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–28
- Website
- Astana Saparzhai Bus Terminal
- Schedules at
- Astana Saparzhai Bus Terminal
- Phone
- +99871 207-87-00
- [email protected]
- Website
- UZ Trans
Bus from Tashkent bus station to Krasnodar-1 Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 64
- Website
- UZ Trans
- Schedules at
- Tashkent Bus Terminal
- Book at
- AvtoTicket
- Phone
- +375 (29) 643 70 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- Intercars Europe
Bus from Krasnodar-1 Bus station to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–160
- Website
- Intercars Europe
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- [email protected]
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Krasnodar-1 Bus station to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–340
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Minsktrans
Bus from Minsk Central Bus Station to Munich Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–130
- Book at
- Infobus
- Website
- Minsktrans
- Schedules at
- Minsktrans
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–27
- Website
- RegioJet
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