There are 6 ways to get from Seattle to Switzerland by plane or train
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Fly to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SEA - ZRH
13h 22mCHF 269–667Fly to Basel
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Basel (BSL)plane SEA - BSL
15h 33mCHF 408–959Fly to Geneva International Airport
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane SEA - GVA
15h 24mCHF 322–771Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane SEA - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
17h 14mCHF 300–612Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SEA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
16h 59mCHF 316–881Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane SEA - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
18h 3mCHF 360–1,524
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seattle to Switzerland is to fly which costs SFr 260 - SFr 700 and takes 13h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle to Switzerland is to fly which takes 13h 22m and costs SFr 260 - SFr 700.
The distance between Seattle and Switzerland is 8478 km.
It takes approximately 13h 22m to get from Seattle to Switzerland, including transfers.
Switzerland is 8h ahead of Seattle. It is currently 5:31 PM in Seattle and 1:31 AM in Switzerland.
There are 1172+ hotels available in Switzerland.
What companies run services between Seattle, WA, USA and Switzerland?
Edelweiss Air, British Airways, and four other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–410
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–410
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–480
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–480
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–2,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–2,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–440
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 360–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–800
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–490
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–650
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 6–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–12
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
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