There are 7 ways to get from Chengdu to Zurich by subway, plane, car, or train
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Subway to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport Northsubway
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane TFU - ZRH
17h 31mCHF 268–861Subway to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Take the subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport Northsubway
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane TFU - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
20h 54mCHF 261–835Drive 9,596.5 km
- Drive from Chengdu to Zurichcar 9,596.5 km
4d 15hCHF 1,550–2,238Fly Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CTU - ZRH
19h 4mCHF 298–909Subway to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Basel, train
- Take the subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport Northsubway
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Basel (BSL)plane TFU - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
20h 10mCHF 314–998Subway to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Take the subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport Northsubway
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane TFU - STR
- Take the train from Böblingen to Singentrain
- Take the train from Singen to Zürich HBtrain
21h 53mCHF 364–1,100Subway to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport Northsubway
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane TFU - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
20h 7mCHF 437–1,108
Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chengdu to Zurich is to subway and fly and train which costs SFr 260 - SFr 850 and takes 20h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Chengdu to Zurich is to subway and fly which takes 17h 31m and costs SFr 260 - SFr 900.
The distance between Chengdu and Zurich is 8073 km. The road distance is 9596.5 km.
It takes approximately 17h 31m to get from Chengdu to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 7h behind Chengdu. It is currently 1:26 PM in Chengdu and 6:26 AM in Zurich.
Yes, the driving distance between Chengdu to Zurich is 9597 km. It takes approximately 4 days 15h to drive from Chengdu to Zurich.
There are 1234+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Chengdu, China and Zurich, Switzerland?
Air China, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 58m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–900
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,000
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–750
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–850
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–900
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–900
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Beijing Daxing, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–900
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,000
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–750
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–850
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–950
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,000
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–800
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–850
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–900
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,100
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Zurich Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–900
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport North
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–2
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Singen to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Böblingen to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–22
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 12–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
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