There are 5 ways to get from Zurich to Chiang Mai by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane ZRH - CNX
16h 11m฿12,170–33,518Train to Basel, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane BSL - CNX
18h 26m฿17,366–51,925Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane MXP - CNX
19h 37m฿12,698–35,827Fly Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane ZRH - CEI
- Take the bus from Chiang Rai to Chiang Maibus
21h 26m฿14,680–43,348Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane MUC - CNX
20h 35m฿15,374–45,829
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Chiang Mai is to train and fly which costs ฿12000 - ฿36000 and takes 19h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Chiang Mai is to fly which takes 16h 11m and costs ฿12000 - ฿34000.
The distance between Zurich and Chiang Mai is 8525 km.
It takes approximately 16h 11m to get from Zurich to Chiang Mai, including transfers.
Chiang Mai is 5h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 9:35 AM in Zurich and 2:35 PM in Chiang Mai.
There are 3360+ hotels available in Chiang Mai.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Chiang Mai, Thailand?
Etihad, Swiss, and seven other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) 5 times a day.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–47,000
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich International Airport, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–40,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–44,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–55,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich International Airport, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich International Airport, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–50,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–55,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–46,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–33,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿10,000–28,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–34,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–55,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–46,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–55,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–45,000
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–48,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–46,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–55,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–46,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–55,000
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–55,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿16,000–48,000
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–55,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–60,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿1,200–3,800
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿2,400–8,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to St. Margrethen Sg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿1,500–4,900
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿230–290
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿1,300–6,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿1,800–3,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +66 5326 6480
- [email protected]
- Website
- greenbusthailand.com
Bus from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿370–650
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/greenbus
- Website
- https://www.greenbusthailand.com/website/
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