There are 6 ways to get from Raleigh 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 Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RDU - ZRH
13h 4mCHF 275–807Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Basel (BSL)plane RDU - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
14h 13mCHF 288–993Train to Piedmont Triad International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Greensborotrain
- Fly from Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane GSO - ZRH
14h 53mCHF 386–1,092Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane RDU - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
15h 46mCHF 467–1,162Train to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Alexandriatrain
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane IAD - ZRH
17h 19mCHF 460–916Fly Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane RDU - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
17h 38mCHF 350–1,076
Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Raleigh to Zurich is to train and fly which costs SFr 460 - SFr 950 and takes 17h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Raleigh to Zurich is to fly which takes 13h 4m and costs SFr 270 - SFr 850.
The distance between Raleigh and Zurich is 7017 km.
It takes approximately 13h 4m to get from Raleigh to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 6h ahead of Raleigh. It is currently 7:55 PM in Raleigh and 1:55 AM in Zurich.
There are 1270+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Raleigh, NC, USA and Zurich, Switzerland?
Air France, Lufthansa, and six other airlines fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Zurich Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Zurich Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Zurich Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Zurich Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Zurich Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Boston, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,000
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,500
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,300
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–40
- 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 25–40
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–28
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Greensboro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Alexandria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–210
- Website
- Amtrak
- 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 55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–50
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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 21–85
- 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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