There are 5 ways to get from Zurich to Chiang Mai by plane, car, train, or bus
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Fly Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)ZRH - CNX
15h 38m฿11,263–19,307Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)MXP - CNX
19h 50m฿10,851–31,176Drive 11,460.4 km
- Drive from Zurich to Chiang Mai11,460.4 km
5d 13h฿73,993–106,879Train to Basel, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)BSL - CNX
18h 36m฿14,464–49,353Fly Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)ZRH - CEI
- Take the bus from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai
20h 50m฿11,613–37,087
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Chiang Mai is to fly which costs ฿11000 - ฿20000 and takes 15h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Chiang Mai is to fly which takes 15h 38m and costs ฿11000 - ฿20000.
The distance between Zurich and Chiang Mai is 8525 km. The road distance is 11460.4 km.
It takes approximately 15h 38m to get from Zurich to Chiang Mai, including transfers.
Chiang Mai is 6h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 8:10 PM in Zurich and 2:10 AM in Chiang Mai.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Chiang Mai is 11460 km. It takes approximately 5 days 13h to drive from Zurich to Chiang Mai.
There are 3204+ hotels available in Chiang Mai.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Chiang Mai, Thailand?
Etihad, Swiss, and six other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) 5 times a day.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–43,000
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–47,000
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–46,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–36,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–37,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–50,000
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–48,000
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–55,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿11,000–33,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,000–28,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–46,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–39,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–45,000
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–48,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–55,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿12,000–45,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–50,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Basel to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–48,000
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿320–410
- 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
- ฿1,000–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿1,600–2,900
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- ฿220–280
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +66 5326 6480
- servicecenter@greenbusthailand.com
- Website
- greenbusthailand.com
Bus from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿200–600
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/greenbus
- Website
- https://www.greenbusthailand.com/website/
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