There are 5 ways to get from Zurich to Chiang Rai by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane ZRH - CEI
16h 41m฿21,309–75,657Fly Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane ZRH - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Raibus
22h 10m฿13,579–35,147Train to Basel, fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane BSL - CEI
19h 41m฿20,612–76,826Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai 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 Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane MXP - CEI
20h 57m฿16,827–57,405Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
- Take the train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane MUC - CEI
21h 58m฿21,868–68,025
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Chiang Rai is to fly and bus which costs ฿13000 - ฿36000 and takes 22h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Chiang Rai is to fly which takes 16h 41m and costs ฿21000 - ฿80000.
The distance between Zurich and Chiang Rai is 8506 km.
It takes approximately 16h 41m to get from Zurich to Chiang Rai, including transfers.
Chiang Rai is 5h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 9:42 AM in Zurich and 2:42 PM in Chiang Rai.
There are 397+ hotels available in Chiang Rai.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Chiang Rai, Thailand?
Swiss, Thai Airways International, and Lufthansa fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) every 4 hours.
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–80,000
Flights from Basel to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–70,000
Flights from Basel to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Copenhagen, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿27,000–90,000
Flights from Basel to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–75,000
Flights from Basel to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–75,000
Flights from Basel to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Frankfurt, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿26,000–85,000
Flights from Basel to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich International Airport, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿26,000–85,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿17,000–60,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–50,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–75,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿24,000–80,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–60,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich International Airport, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿21,000–85,000
Flights from Basel to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich International Airport, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–90,000
Flights from Basel to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿22,000–70,000
Flights from Basel to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–75,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Munich International Airport, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–60,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–80,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–65,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿26,000–85,000
Flights from Basel to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–75,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿14,000–60,000
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿9,000–75,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–80,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Basel to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Istanbul, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿20,000–75,000
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿15,000–120,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿13,000–34,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿18,000–65,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿19,000–65,000
- 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
- ฿330–420
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿210–280
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿600–1,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿2,400–7,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿1,100–3,300
- 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
- ฿230–290
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 71 554 00 00
- Website
- thurbo.ch
Train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ฿320–600
- Schedules at
- thurbo.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- ฿320–440
- 1st Class Ticket
- ฿480–600
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ฿1,900–3,200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +66 5326 6480
- servicecenter@greenbusthailand.com
- Website
- greenbusthailand.com
Bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿390–650
- Book at
- https://12go.asia/en/operator/greenbus
- Website
- https://www.greenbusthailand.com/website/
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