There are 6 ways to get from Riyadh to Lausanne by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
best- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane RUH - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausannetrain
11h 41mCHF 212–339Fly to Basel, train
cheapest- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL)plane RUH - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lausannetrain
15h 36mCHF 203–640Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RUH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausannetrain
13h 12mCHF 212–554Fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane RUH - LYS
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Genevetrain
- Take the train from Genève to Lausannetrain
16h 46mCHF 243–643Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane RUH - MXP
- Take the bus from Gallarate to Domodossolabus
- Take the train from Domodossola to Lausannetrain
15h 1mFly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane RUH - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Lausannetrain
16h 48mCHF 216–585
Riyadh (RUH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Riyadh to Lausanne is to fly and train which costs SFr 210 - SFr 340 and takes 11h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Riyadh to Lausanne is to fly and train which takes 11h 41m and costs SFr 210 - SFr 340.
The distance between Riyadh and Lausanne is 4407 km.
It takes approximately 11h 41m to get from Riyadh to Lausanne, including transfers.
Lausanne is 2h behind Riyadh. It is currently 6:12 AM in Riyadh and 4:12 AM in Lausanne.
There are 1240+ hotels available in Lausanne.
What companies run services between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Lausanne, Switzerland?
There is no direct connection from Riyadh to Lausanne. However, you can take the line 1 subway to Kafd, take the line 4 subway to Airport T3-4, walk to Riyadh-Airport-RUH airport, fly to Geneva International Airport (GVA), walk to Genève-Aéroport, then take the train to Lausanne. Alternatively, you can take the line 1 subway to Kafd, take the line 4 subway to Airport T3-4, walk to Riyadh-Airport-RUH airport, fly to Zurich Airport (ZRH), walk to Zürich Flughafen, then take the train to Lausanne.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–650
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Riyadh to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–750
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–550
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Riyadh to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–550
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
Flights from Riyadh to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–470
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–550
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–550
Flights from Riyadh to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–650
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–460
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–440
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–550
Flights from Riyadh to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–550
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–450
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–550
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–550
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–440
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–550
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–550
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–800
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Riyadh to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- Website
- flyregent.com
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–350
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–440
- Website
- nileair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–550
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Domodossola to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Geneve
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Domodossola to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–85
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–85
- 2nd Class
- CHF 40–55
Train from Milano Centrale to Lausanne
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–110
- 2nd Class
- CHF 60–85
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Bus from Gallarate to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Trenord
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–21
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- [email protected]
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–13
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
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