There are 6 ways to get from France to Riyadh by plane 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 from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
best- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Riyadh (RUH)plane CDG - RUH
10h 12mSAR 704–2,262Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Riyadh (RUH)plane NCE - RUH
12h 23mSAR 964–2,025Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Riyadh (RUH)plane LYS - RUH
11h 45mSAR 773–2,281Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Riyadh (RUH)plane GVA - RUH
11h 55mSAR 985–1,629Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Riyadh (RUH)plane ZRH - RUH
12h 10mSAR 865–2,353Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Riyadh (RUH)plane FRA - RUH
12h 2mSAR 1,258–2,248
Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Riyadh (RUH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from France to Riyadh is to fly which costs 700﷼ - 2300﷼ and takes 10h 12m.
The fastest way to get from France to Riyadh is to fly which takes 10h 12m and costs 700﷼ - 2300﷼.
The distance between France and Riyadh is 4721 km.
It takes approximately 10h 12m to get from France to Riyadh, including transfers.
Riyadh is 2h ahead of France. It is currently 4:43 PM in France and 6:43 PM in Riyadh.
There are 2412+ hotels available in Riyadh.
What companies run services between France and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia?
Saudia, Air France, and three other airlines fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Riyadh (RUH) 5 times a day.
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,000
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Riyadh via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,700
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Riyadh via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,200
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,700
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,400
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,500
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,000
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,900
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Sharm el-Sheikh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,800
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,100
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,800
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,500
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,300–3,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,000
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Riyadh via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,500
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–1,900
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Riyadh via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,900
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 120–200
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 100–180
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- SAR 55–100
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- SAR 130–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- SAR 65–100
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 140–230
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 95–210
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
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