There are 8 ways to get from Zurich to Beijing by plane, car, 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 Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane ZRH - PEK
14h 16m¥3,150–6,569Fly Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane ZRH - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing Westtrain
15h¥1,949–6,074Drive 9,635.7 km
- Drive from Zurich to Beijingcar 9,635.7 km
4d 14h¥12,999–18,776Train to Basel, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane BSL - PEK
16h 16m¥3,092–8,281Train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane GVA - PEK
15h 53m¥3,251–6,430Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane MXP - PEK
16h 53m¥2,866–8,161Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane FRA - PEK
16h 7m¥2,893–6,773Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane MXP - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing Westtrain
17h 37m¥2,165–6,166
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Beijing is to train and fly which costs ¥2800 - ¥8500 and takes 16h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Beijing is to fly which takes 14h 16m and costs ¥3100 - ¥7000.
The distance between Zurich and Beijing is 8008 km. The road distance is 9635.7 km.
It takes approximately 14h 16m to get from Zurich to Beijing, including transfers.
Beijing is 6h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 3:51 PM in Zurich and 9:51 PM in Beijing.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Beijing is 9636 km. It takes approximately 4 days 14h to drive from Zurich to Beijing.
There are 1256+ hotels available in Beijing.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Beijing, China?
LOT, Air China, and four other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) 5 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–8,500
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–5,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–10,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–5,500
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,000
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–8,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,500
Train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing West
- Adult - second class
- ¥22–35
Train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing West
- Adult - second class
- ¥22–35
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥65–85
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥65–85
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥120–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥120–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥350–700
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥100–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥600–900
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥390–600
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥390–600
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- 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
- ¥45–60
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥45–60
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥430–800
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- ¥550–800
- 2nd Class
- ¥430–600
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥55–120
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
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