There are 6 ways to get from Recife to Zurich by plane or train
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 Recife International Airport (REC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane REC - ZRH
14h 46mCHF 427–986Fly to Basel, train
cheapest- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Basel (BSL)plane REC - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
16hCHF 274–1,023Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane REC - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Zürich HBtrain
17h 8mCHF 491–923Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane REC - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Zürich HBtrain
18h 14mCHF 386–810Fly to Strasbourg International Airport, train
- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane REC - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbbtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
18h 33mCHF 392–1,499Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane REC - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hbtrain
18h 29mCHF 503–827
Recife International Airport (REC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Recife to Zurich is to fly and train which costs SFr 380 - SFr 850 and takes 18h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Recife to Zurich is to fly which takes 14h 46m and costs SFr 420 - SFr 1000.
The distance between Recife and Zurich is 7542 km.
It takes approximately 14h 46m to get from Recife to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 4h ahead of Recife. It is currently 10:15 AM in Recife and 2:15 PM in Zurich.
There are 1224+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Recife, Brazil and Zurich, Switzerland?
TAP Portugal, Iberia, and two other airlines fly from Recife International Airport (REC) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) 3 times a day.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Recife International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
Flights from Recife International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–900
Flights from Recife International Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,400
Flights from Recife International Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Zurich Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–650
Flights from Recife International Airport to Zurich Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
Flights from Recife International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Recife International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–700
- Website
- voeazul.com.br
Flights from Recife International Airport to Zurich Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 430–650
Flights from Recife International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Recife International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–700
Flights from Recife International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
Flights from Recife International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–950
Flights from Recife International Airport to Basel via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–1,200
Flights from Recife International Airport to Basel via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Recife International Airport to Basel via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Recife International Airport to Basel via Natal, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Recife International Airport to Basel via Madrid, Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Zurich Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,100
Flights from Recife International Airport to Zurich Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Basel via Fortaleza, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Recife International Airport to Strasbourg International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 440–1,400
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 28
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Zuerich Hb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–95
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
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