There are 5 ways to get from Nairobi to Zurich 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
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain
19h 52mCHF 236–688Fly Nairobi to Basel, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Basel (BSL)plane NBO - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
16h 7mCHF 278–997Fly Nairobi Wilson Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane WIL - ZRH
16h 8mCHF 240–851Fly Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane NBO - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
18h 6mCHF 377–1,035
Nairobi (NBO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Zurich is to fly which costs SFr 280 - SFr 470 and takes 15h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Zurich is to fly which takes 15h 12m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 470.
The distance between Nairobi and Zurich is 6132 km.
It takes approximately 15h 12m to get from Nairobi to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 2h behind Nairobi. It is currently 7:37 PM in Nairobi and 5:37 PM in Zurich.
There are 1229+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Zurich, 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 Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- 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 Wilson Airport to Zurich Airport via Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Zurich Airport via Arusha, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Nairobi to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- 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 Wilson Airport to Zurich Airport via Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Zurich Airport via Arusha, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Zurich Airport via Mombasa, Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,100
- 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 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
- 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 Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 410–1,100
- 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 Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–750
Flights from Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–950
Flights from Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Nairobi to Stuttgart Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–950
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Zurich Airport via Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Zurich Airport via Arusha, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
- 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
- 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 Milano Malpensa Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–600
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–950
- 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
- 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
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- 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
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–80
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–55
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
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