There are 6 ways to get from Zurich to Houston by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Zurich Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane ZRH - IAH
16h 23m$347–869Fly Zurich Airport to William P. Hobby Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)plane ZRH - HOU
16h 12m$757–2,717Train to Basel, fly to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane BSL - IAH
17h 42m$516–1,654Fly Zurich Airport to College Station, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to College Station (CLL)plane ZRH - CLL
- Take the bus from College Station to Downtown Houstonbus
20h 21m$483–1,756Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane FRA - IAH
18h 26m$532–1,218Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to George Bush Intercontinental 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 George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)plane MUC - IAH
19h 55m$522–1,340
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Houston is to fly which costs $340 - $900 and takes 16h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Houston is to fly which takes 16h 12m and costs $750 - $2,800.
The distance between Zurich and Houston is 5372 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 23m to get from Zurich to Houston, including transfers.
Houston is 7h behind Zurich. It is currently 10:37 PM in Zurich and 3:37 PM in Houston.
There are 1331+ hotels available in Houston.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Houston, TX, USA?
American Airlines, Swiss, and three other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
Flights from Basel to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,100
Flights from Basel to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Frankfurt, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Basel to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Frankfurt, Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Munich International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Munich International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–2,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Basel to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to College Station via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to College Station via London Heathrow, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
Flights from Basel to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,900
Flights from Munich International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Munich International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Basel to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,100
Flights from Basel to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Frankfurt, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Basel to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Frankfurt, Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,900
Flights from Munich International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Munich International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to William P. Hobby Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Basel to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to College Station via London Heathrow, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to George Bush Intercontinental Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- 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
- $10–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- 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
- $19–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/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
- $10–18
- Schedules at
- thurbo.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $10–14
- 1st Class Ticket
- $14–18
- 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
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from College Station to Downtown Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $12–21
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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