There are 4 ways to get from Zurich to Praia by plane or train
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Fly from Zurich Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI)plane ZRH - RAI
10h 53m$355–890Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Zürich HB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI)plane MXP - RAI
14h 39m$282–633Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI)plane BSL - RAI
11h 56m$295–957Train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI)plane GVA - RAI
13h 5m$346–1,048
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Praia is to train and fly which costs $280 - $650 and takes 14h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Praia is to fly which takes 10h 53m and costs $350 - $900.
The distance between Zurich and Praia is 4682 km.
It takes approximately 10h 53m to get from Zurich to Praia, including transfers.
Praia is 2h behind Zurich. It is currently 9:21 PM in Zurich and 7:21 PM in Praia.
There are 424+ hotels available in Praia.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Praia, Cabo Verde?
easyJet, TAP Portugal, and three other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI) twice daily.
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Basel to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Basel to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Basel to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $200–700
- Website
- caboverdeairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,000
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- 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
- 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
- $33–37
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- 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
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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