There are 7 ways to get from Riyadh to Switzerland 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 Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RUH - ZRH
10h 44mCHF 145–450Fly to Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane RUH - GVA
10h 56mCHF 199–320Fly to Basel
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL)plane RUH - BSL
12h 35mCHF 155–558Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane RUH - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
11h 46mCHF 147–361Fly 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 Luganotrain
14h 4mCHF 161–482Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane RUH - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Luganotrain
13h 58mCHF 168–564Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane RUH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain
13h 47mCHF 273–528
Riyadh (RUH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Riyadh to Switzerland is to fly and train which costs SFr 140 - SFr 370 and takes 11h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Riyadh to Switzerland is to fly which takes 10h 44m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 450.
The distance between Riyadh and Switzerland is 4227 km.
It takes approximately 10h 44m to get from Riyadh to Switzerland, including transfers.
Switzerland is 2h behind Riyadh. It is currently 9:40 PM in Riyadh and 7:40 PM in Switzerland.
There are 1230+ hotels available in Switzerland.
What companies run services between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland?
Saudia, Aegean Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) 5 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–650
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–550
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–600
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
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 Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
- Website
- rj.com
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 Geneva International Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–550
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–460
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–480
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–440
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–550
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–450
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
- 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
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–450
Flights from Riyadh to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–550
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–550
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–550
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–480
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
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 Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–550
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–460
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–650
Flights from Riyadh to Milan Linate Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
- 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
Flights from Riyadh to Milan Linate Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–600
- 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
- 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
- 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
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–470
- 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
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Riyadh to Milan Linate Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Riyadh to Milan Linate Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
- 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 Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Monza to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 3–5
- 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 50–110
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- [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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