There are 7 ways to get from Guangzhou to Zurich by plane, 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 Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CAN - ZRH
17h 59mCHF 425–709Train to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Guangzhou South station to Futian Stationtrain
- Fly from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SZX - ZRH
20h 10mCHF 272–817Drive 10,945.9 km
- Drive from Guangzhou to Zurichcar 10,945.9 km
5d 3hCHF 1,827–2,639Train to Hong Kong International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Guangzhou South station to Shenzhen Northtrain
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HKG - ZRH
18h 31mCHF 283–439Fly Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Basel (BSL)plane CAN - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
20h 19mCHF 272–853Fly Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CAN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
20h 17mCHF 381–722Train to Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Guangzhou South station to Futian Stationtrain
- Fly from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane SZX - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
22h 23mCHF 403–812
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Guangzhou to Zurich is to train and fly which costs SFr 280 - SFr 440 and takes 18h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Guangzhou to Zurich is to fly which takes 17h 59m and costs SFr 420 - SFr 750.
The distance between Guangzhou and Zurich is 9193 km. The road distance is 10945.9 km.
It takes approximately 17h 59m to get from Guangzhou to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 7h behind Guangzhou. It is currently 10:02 PM in Guangzhou and 3:02 PM in Zurich.
Yes, the driving distance between Guangzhou to Zurich is 10946 km. It takes approximately 5 days 3h to drive from Guangzhou to Zurich.
There are 1239+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Guangzhou, China and Zurich, Switzerland?
Turkish Airlines, Air Serbia, and three other airlines fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–370
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–750
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–950
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–800
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,000
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Zurich Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–950
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–750
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–750
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–950
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–950
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,000
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–900
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Frankfurt via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–950
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–650
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Train from Guangzhou South station to Shenzhen North
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–7
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- CHF 6–7
- 1st Class Seat
- CHF 9–11
- Business Class Seat
- CHF 13–19
Train from Guangzhou South station to Futian Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- CHF 6–8
- 1st Class Seat
- CHF 10–12
- Business Class Seat
- CHF 14–21
Train from Guangzhou South station to Futian Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- CHF 6–8
- 1st Class Seat
- CHF 10–12
- Business Class Seat
- CHF 14–21
Train from Guangzhou South station to Shenzhen North
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–12
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- CHF 7–10
- Adult - 1st Class
- CHF 8–12
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 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 Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once 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
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