There are 4 ways to get from Jaffna to Zurich by plane or train
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Fly to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Jaffna (JAF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane JAF - ZRH
21h 4mCHF 506–1,316Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Jaffna (JAF) to Basel (BSL)plane JAF - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
24h 3mCHF 685–2,403Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Jaffna (JAF) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane JAF - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
26h 35mCHF 743–2,589Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Jaffna (JAF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane JAF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
25h 18mCHF 535–1,433
Jaffna (JAF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Jaffna to Zurich is to fly and train which costs SFr 500 - SFr 1500 and takes 25h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Jaffna to Zurich is to fly which takes 21h 4m and costs SFr 500 - SFr 1400.
The distance between Jaffna and Zurich is 7848 km.
It takes approximately 21h 4m to get from Jaffna to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 3h 30m behind Jaffna. It is currently 11:05 AM in Jaffna and 7:35 AM in Zurich.
There are 1231+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Jaffna, Sri Lanka and Zurich, Switzerland?
IndiGo Airlines, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Jaffna (JAF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) twice daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Jaffna to Zurich Airport via Madras, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 650–2,200
Flights from Jaffna to Basel via Madras, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 650–2,300
Flights from Jaffna to Basel via Tiruchirapalli, Mumbai, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 650–2,300
Flights from Jaffna to Stuttgart Airport via Tiruchirapalli, Mumbai, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 700–2,400
Flights from Jaffna to Frankfurt via Madras
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 550–2,000
Flights from Jaffna to Frankfurt via Tiruchirapalli, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,200
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Jaffna to Zurich Airport via Madras, Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,300
Flights from Jaffna to Frankfurt via Madras, Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 470–1,100
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Jaffna to Zurich Airport via Tiruchirapalli, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 480–1,400
Flights from Jaffna to Frankfurt via Tiruchirapalli, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Jaffna to Basel via Madras, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 900–2,100
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–110
- 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 40–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 6131 4975 022
- [email protected]
- Website
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Schedules at
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
- 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
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