There are 6 ways to get from Nelson to Zurich by bus, plane, shuttle, 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.
Bus to Woodbourne Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the bus from Nelson to Woodbournebus
- Fly from Woodbourne Airport (BHE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BHE - ZRH
34h 2mCHF 862–2,338Fly Nelson Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Nelson Airport (NSN) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane NSN - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain
36h 15mCHF 696–1,894Shuttle to Christchurch International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Nelson to Christchurch
- Fly from Christchurch International Airport (CHC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CHC - ZRH
34h 45mCHF 753–1,594Fly Nelson Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Nelson Airport (NSN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NSN - ZRH
32hCHF 805–2,114Fly Nelson Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Nelson Airport (NSN) to Basel (BSL)plane NSN - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
33h 4mCHF 933–2,697Shuttle to Christchurch International Airport, fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Nelson to Christchurch
- Fly from Christchurch International Airport (CHC) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane CHC - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Hbtrain
39h 12mCHF 813–2,175
Woodbourne Airport (BHE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nelson to Zurich is to shuttle and fly which costs SFr 750 - SFr 1600 and takes 34h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Nelson to Zurich is to fly which takes 32h and costs SFr 800 - SFr 2200.
The distance between Nelson and Zurich is 18797 km.
It takes approximately 34h 2m to get from Nelson to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 10h behind Nelson. It is currently 8:21 PM in Nelson and 10:21 AM in Zurich.
There are 1257+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Nelson, New Zealand and Zurich, Switzerland?
Air New Zealand, Qatar Airways, and two other airlines fly from Nelson Airport (NSN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) once daily.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Auckland, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 950–2,600
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Wellington, Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 900–2,600
Flights from Nelson Airport to Zurich Airport via Auckland, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 850–2,500
Flights from Nelson Airport to Basel via Auckland, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 900–2,600
Flights from Nelson Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Auckland, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 700–2,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 850–2,300
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Wellington, Brisbane, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 850–2,300
Flights from Nelson Airport to Zurich Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 800–2,100
Flights from Nelson Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Auckland, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 650–1,800
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Zurich Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 650–1,900
Flights from Nelson Airport to Zurich Airport via Christchurch International Airport, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 800–2,400
Flights from Nelson Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Christchurch International Airport, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 650–2,000
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Munich International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 650–2,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Zurich Airport via Singapore Changi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–3,800
Flights from Nelson Airport to Basel via Auckland, New York JFK, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 1,000–3,100
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Munich International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 650–2,300
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Zurich Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–3,800
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Zurich Airport via Singapore Changi, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–3,800
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Munich International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–3,900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nelson Airport to Basel via Auckland, New York JFK, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 40m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 850–3,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Nelson Airport to Basel via Auckland, New York JFK, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 1,000–3,100
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Munich International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 650–2,300
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Woodbourne Airport to Zurich Airport via Wellington, Brisbane, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 50m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 900–2,600
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Zurich Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–3,800
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Munich International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 600–3,900
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- 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 40–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–85
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–55
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- [email protected]
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Nelson to Woodbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–27
- Website
- InterCity
- Phone
- +64 (3) 540 2042
- [email protected]
- Website
- nelsonlakesshuttles.co.nz
Shuttle from Nelson to Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 96–479
- Schedules at
- nelsonlakesshuttles.co.nz
- Minimum charge per vehicle
- CHF 479
- Per person
- CHF 96
Shuttle from Nelson to Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 96–479
- Schedules at
- nelsonlakesshuttles.co.nz
- Minimum charge per vehicle
- CHF 479
- Per person
- CHF 96
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