There are 6 ways to get from Zurich to Rochester by plane, bus, shuttle, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Rochester
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Rochester (ROC)plane ZRH - ROC
14h 9m$469–1,545Fly to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH)plane ZRH - ITH
- Take the bus from Ithaca to Rochester, Nybus
19h 6m$274–1,031Fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane ZRH - BUF
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Rochester Bus Stopbus
16h 5m$771–2,639Fly to Toronto Pearson International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane ZRH - YYZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Rochester Bus Stopbus
15h 46m$491–959Fly to Toronto Island Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ)plane ZRH - YTZ
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Rochestertrain
20h 5m$597–1,335Fly to Syracuse Hancock International Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR)plane ZRH - SYR
- Take the train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Rochestertrain
17h 4m$586–2,038
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Rochester (ROC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Rochester is to fly and shuttle and bus which costs $490 - $1,000 and takes 15h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Rochester is to fly which takes 14h 9m and costs $460 - $1,600.
The distance between Zurich and Rochester is 4013 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 9m to get from Zurich to Rochester, including transfers.
Rochester is 6h behind Zurich. It is currently 5:01 PM in Zurich and 11:01 AM in Rochester.
There are 160+ hotels available in Rochester.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Rochester, NY, USA?
Swiss, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Rochester (ROC) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rochester via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rochester via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport via Brussels, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rochester via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rochester via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 48m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 16m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Rochester via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–950
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Syracuse Hancock International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Toronto Union Station to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $35–95
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $35–75
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $30–45
Train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–85
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $20–85
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $20–65
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $19–35
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Syracuse Regional Transportation Center to Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Rochester Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- 905-374-8111
- airsales@niagaraairbus.com
- Website
- niagaraairbus.com
Shuttle from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com
- Book at
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- trailways.com
Bus from Ithaca to Rochester, Ny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–55
- Website
- https://trailways.com
- Schedules at
- https://trailways.com/schedules/
- Saver
- $20–55
- Flexible
- $40–55
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