There are 9 ways to get from China to Switzerland by plane, car, train, or subway
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Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Geneva International Airport
best- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane PEK - GVA
14h 6mCHF 329–670Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PKX - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
16h 16mCHF 189–563Drive 9,725.8 km
- Drive from Chongqing to Zurichcar 9,725.8 km
4d 16hCHF 1,589–2,295Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Basel (BSL)plane PEK - BSL
15h 5mCHF 375–658Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PEK - ZRH
15h 34mCHF 386–617Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PEK - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
16h 1mCHF 307–661Subway to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport Northsubway
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane TFU - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
16h 53mCHF 226–660Fly Beijing Capital International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PEK - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
16h 43mCHF 356–853Train to Beijing Daxing International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airporttrain
- Fly from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane PKX - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
17h 8mCHF 228–955
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from China to Switzerland is to train and fly which costs SFr 180 - SFr 600 and takes 16h 16m.
The fastest way to get from China to Switzerland is to fly which takes 14h 6m and costs SFr 320 - SFr 700.
The distance between China and Switzerland is 8239 km. The road distance is 9725.8 km.
It takes approximately 14h 6m to get from China to Switzerland, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between China to Switzerland is 9726 km. It takes approximately 4 days 16h to drive from China to Switzerland.
There are 1231+ hotels available in Switzerland.
What companies run services between China and Switzerland?
Air China, Swiss, and Air Dolomiti fly from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,100
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–850
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–550
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–650
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–550
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–600
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–550
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–650
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–550
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–550
Flights from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–600
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Zurich Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–750
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Zurich Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–750
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Beijing Capital International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–700
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +86-010-96165
- Website
- en.bcia.com.cn
Train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://en.bcia.com.cn/gsjssy.html
Train from Caoqiao to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- Website
- https://en.bcia.com.cn/gsjssy.html
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport North
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–2
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
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