There are 6 ways to get from Nairobi to Switzerland 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 Nairobi to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NBO - ZRH
15h 12mCHF 284–467Fly Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane NBO - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
16h 59mCHF 196–608Fly Nairobi to Basel
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Basel (BSL)plane NBO - BSL
14h 39mCHF 254–955Fly Nairobi to Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane NBO - GVA
15h 4mCHF 358–617Fly Nairobi to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane NBO - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain
15h 36mCHF 337–655Fly Nairobi Wilson Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane WIL - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
13h 15mCHF 372–963
Nairobi (NBO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Switzerland is to fly and train which costs SFr 190 - SFr 650 and takes 16h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Switzerland is to fly and train which takes 13h 15m and costs SFr 370 - SFr 1000.
The distance between Nairobi and Switzerland is 6132 km.
It takes approximately 15h 12m to get from Nairobi to Switzerland, including transfers.
Switzerland is 2h behind Nairobi. It is currently 3:04 AM in Nairobi and 1:04 AM in Switzerland.
There are 1227+ hotels available in Switzerland.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Switzerland?
Kenya Airways, KLM, and seven other airlines fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) every 4 hours.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–850
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–900
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–950
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–950
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–950
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–850
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–700
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–700
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–600
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–480
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–900
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–750
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- When
- Thursday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–1,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–900
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nairobi to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,100
- Website
- air-austral.com
Flights from Nairobi to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 400–1,200
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–850
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Nairobi to Frankfurt via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–700
- 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
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- 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 45–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
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