There are 7 ways to get from Switzerland to Seattle by plane, train, or ferry
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Fly Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane ZRH - SEA
15h 58m$278–910Fly Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane BSL - SEA
17h 42m$337–1,208Fly Geneva International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane GVA - SEA
15h 42m$335–1,406Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane MXP - SEA
17h 22m$280–711Train to Frankfurt, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane FRA - SEA
17h 16m$465–737Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane MUC - SEA
18h 14m$471–766Fly Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR)plane ZRH - YVR
- Take the train from Vancouver Harbour to Victoria Harbourtrain
- Take the ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminalferry
18h 37m
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Switzerland to Seattle is to train and fly which costs $280 - $750 and takes 17h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Switzerland to Seattle is to fly which takes 15h 42m and costs $330 - $1,500.
The distance between Switzerland and Seattle is 5298 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 58m to get from Switzerland to Seattle, including transfers.
Seattle is 9h behind Switzerland. It is currently 3:44 PM in Switzerland and 6:44 AM in Seattle.
There are 94+ hotels available in Seattle.
What companies run services between Switzerland and Seattle, WA, USA?
Icelandair, Edelweiss Air, and four other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via London Heathrow, Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–750
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–950
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–750
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–600
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Vancouver International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +1 778 800 0225
- reservation@harbourair.com
- Website
- Harbour Air
Train from Vancouver Harbour to Victoria Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Harbour Air
- Phone
- +1 800-888-2535
- Website
- clippervacations.com
Ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Schedules at
- clippervacations.com
- Adult
- $120–210
- Child
- $80–110
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