There are 8 ways to get from Zurich to Beijing by plane, car, or train
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Fly Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane ZRH - PEK
14h 16m¥3,157–5,131Fly Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane ZRH - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing Westtrain
15h¥2,056–6,136Drive 9,635.5 km
- Drive from Zurich to Beijingcar 9,635.5 km
4d 15h¥13,059–18,863Train to Basel, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane BSL - PEK
16h 36m¥3,298–5,801Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane MXP - PEK
16h 53m¥3,062–6,560Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane FRA - PEK
16h 25m¥3,289–7,611Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane MXP - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing Westtrain
17h 37m¥2,261–6,565Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to St. Margrethen Sgtrain
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane MUC - PEK
17h 56m¥3,520–7,384
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Beijing is to fly which costs ¥3100 - ¥5500 and takes 14h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Beijing is to fly which takes 14h 16m and costs ¥3100 - ¥5500.
The distance between Zurich and Beijing is 8008 km. The road distance is 9635.5 km.
It takes approximately 14h 16m to get from Zurich to Beijing, including transfers.
Beijing is 6h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 1:36 AM in Zurich and 7:36 AM in Beijing.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Beijing is 9635 km. It takes approximately 4 days 15h to drive from Zurich to Beijing.
There are 1175+ hotels available in Beijing.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Beijing, China?
LOT, Air China, and five other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–8,500
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–10,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–10,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–10,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–5,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–8,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–10,000
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–7,500
Train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing West
- Adult - second class
- ¥22–35
Train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing West
- Adult - second class
- ¥22–35
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥240–750
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥490–1,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥240–750
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥490–1,500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zuerich Hb to St. Margrethen Sg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥310–950
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥45–60
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥45–60
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥360–1,600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥100–450
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥280–1,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥450–850
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- ¥550–850
- 2nd Class
- ¥450–600
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥440–650
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥60–130
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥370–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
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