There are 5 ways to get from Seattle to Zurich by plane or train
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Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SEA - ZRH
15h 9mCHF 325–765Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane SEA - MUC
- Take the train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen SG to Winterthurtrain
18h 48mCHF 276–1,085Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Basel (BSL)plane SEA - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
16h 38mCHF 431–894Fly Seattle Lake Union SPB to Zurich Airport
- Fly from Seattle Lake Union SPB (LKE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane LKE - ZRH
19h 21mCHF 316–1,114Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SEA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
17h 18mCHF 400–1,443
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seattle to Zurich is to fly which costs SFr 320 - SFr 800 and takes 15h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle to Zurich is to fly which takes 15h 9m and costs SFr 320 - SFr 800.
The distance between Seattle and Zurich is 8473 km.
It takes approximately 15h 9m to get from Seattle to Zurich, including transfers.
Zurich is 9h ahead of Seattle. It is currently 3:08 AM in Seattle and 12:08 PM in Zurich.
There are 1232+ hotels available in Zurich.
What companies run services between Seattle, WA, USA and Zurich, Switzerland?
Delta, KLM, and eight other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) every 3 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
Flights from Seattle Lake Union SPB to Zurich Airport via Victoria Inner Harbour Apt, Vancouver, Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–900
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–750
- 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 220–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Frankfurt via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Munich International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–800
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Seattle Lake Union SPB to Zurich Airport via Coal Harbour Spb, Nanaimo, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Seattle Lake Union SPB to Zurich Airport via Coal Harbour Spb, Victoria Inner Harbour Apt, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from München Hbf to Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- Thurbo
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–21
- Schedules at
- Thurbo
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 10–14
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–21
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from St. Margrethen SG to Winterthur
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–30
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
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