There are 7 ways to get from Zurich to Chengdu by plane, subway, car, or train
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Fly Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)ZRH - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
15h 54m¥1,771–6,587Drive 9,605.4 km
- Drive from Zurich to Chengdu9,605.4 km
4d 15h¥13,774–19,895Fly Zurich Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)ZRH - CTU
18h 3m¥2,364–8,577Train to Basel, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)BSL - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
17h 53m¥1,914–7,320Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Take the train from Singen to Böblingen
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)STR - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
19h 59m¥4,099–5,656Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)MXP - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
18h 16m¥1,960–6,233Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)FRA - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
18h 39m¥2,149–7,165
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Chengdu is to fly and subway which costs ¥1700 - ¥7000 and takes 15h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Chengdu is to fly and subway which takes 15h 54m and costs ¥1700 - ¥7000.
The distance between Zurich and Chengdu is 8072 km. The road distance is 9605.4 km.
It takes approximately 15h 54m to get from Zurich to Chengdu, including transfers.
Chengdu is 7h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 11:34 AM in Zurich and 6:34 PM in Chengdu.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Chengdu is 9605 km. It takes approximately 4 days 15h to drive from Zurich to Chengdu.
There are 506+ hotels available in Chengdu.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Chengdu, China?
Lufthansa, Air China, and six other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–5,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport via Istanbul, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,500
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,500
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Basel to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–9,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–8,500
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥9–14
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥70–90
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥230–270
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥210–250
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥330–800
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Singen
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥230–420
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥390–650
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥190–270
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Singen to Böblingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥150–200
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥50–65
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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