There are 10 ways to get from Ireland to Zurich by plane, ferry, train, bus, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cork Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ORK - ZRH
4h 58mCHF 80–235Fly Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane DUB - ZRH
5h 26mCHF 79–202Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazaretrain
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hbtrain Tgv
30h 14mCHF 201–357Bus via Regensburg
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Regensburgbus
- Take the bus from Regensburg central train station to Munich central bus stationbus 083
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus
3d 3hCHF 86–287Fly Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SNN - ZRH
7h 20mCHF 106–287Fly Dublin Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Basel (BSL)plane DUB - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
6h 50mCHF 81–247Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Zurichcar
33h 59mCHF 294–614Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routierebus
- Take the train from Rennes to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain Ter
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
34h 2mTrain, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic / ...
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to The Haguebus
- Take the bus from The Hague to Basel SBBbus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
46h 42mCHF 259–592Bus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Câmpulung Moldovenescbus
- Take the bus from Câmpulung Moldovenesc to Colmarbus
- Take the bus from Colmar to Zürichbus
3d 18h
Ireland to Zurich by tram, foot, ferry, train, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Zurich is to fly which costs SFr 75 - SFr 210 and takes 5h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Zurich is to fly which takes 4h 58m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 240.
The distance between Ireland and Zurich is 1338 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Zurich without a car is to ferry and train which takes 30h 14m and costs SFr 200 - SFr 360.
It takes approximately 4h 58m to get from Ireland to Zurich, including transfers.
The best way to get from Ireland to Zurich is to fly which takes 4h 58m and costs SFr 75 - SFr 240. Alternatively, you can bus via Regensburg, which costs SFr 85 - SFr 290 and takes 3 days 3h.
Zurich is 1h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 12:17 AM in Ireland and 1:17 AM in Zurich.
There are 1224+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Ireland and Zurich, Switzerland?
Edelweiss Air, Aer Lingus, and British Airways fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Dublin to Zurich Bus Station via Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, Regensburg, Regensburg central train station, and Munich central bus station in around 3d 3h.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–160
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–270
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–170
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–330
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–330
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–260
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–270
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Zurich Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–200
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Zurich Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–85
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 85–130
Train from Rennes to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–280
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 120–190
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 190–280
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- CHF 21–35
- Rail 1st Class
- CHF 30–50
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Cherbourg to Paris St Lazare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–150
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 85–120
- 1st Class
- CHF 110–150
Train from Rennes to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 120–160
- 1st Class
- CHF 150–200
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–19
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- CHF 13–19
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–190
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Regensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–20
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Regensburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Regensburg central train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dunkerque Port to The Hague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from The Hague to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Regensburg central train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–23
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Colmar to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–24
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–23
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- capcotentin.fr
- Phone
- +40744-530.349
- Website
- transportautoradauti.autogari.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Câmpulung Moldovenesc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- transportautoradauti.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Câmpulung Moldovenesc to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–75
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- CHF 190–900
- On Foot
- CHF 60–75
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–408
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- CHF 408
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