There are 6 ways to get from Riyadh to Zurich 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 155–470Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL)plane RUH - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
14h 3mCHF 179–600Fly 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
- Take the train from Lugano to Zuerich Hbtrain
14h 11mCHF 217–476Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane RUH - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
15h 38mCHF 233–683Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane RUH - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Zürich HBtrain
14h 23mCHF 277–444Fly 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 Zuerich Hbtrain
16hCHF 216–610
Riyadh (RUH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Riyadh to Zurich is to fly which costs SFr 150 - SFr 470 and takes 10h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Riyadh to Zurich is to fly which takes 10h 44m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 470.
The distance between Riyadh and Zurich is 4227 km.
It takes approximately 10h 44m to get from Riyadh to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 2h behind Riyadh. It is currently 1:50 AM in Riyadh and 11:50 PM in Zurich.
There are 1226+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Zurich, 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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–700
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
Flights from Riyadh to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Riyadh to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–650
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–600
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
Flights from Riyadh to Stuttgart Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–460
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–550
Flights from Riyadh to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–600
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–490
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–500
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–600
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–600
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–480
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–600
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–490
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
- Website
- flyregent.com
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–380
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
- Website
- airarabia.com
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–470
- Website
- nileair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–600
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)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- 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
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–95
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–40
- 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 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)
- [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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