There are 5 ways to get from Zurich to Seattle by plane or train
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Fly Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane ZRH - SEA
16h 8m$431–970Train to Basel, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane BSL - SEA
18h 45m$537–1,816Fly Zurich Airport to Seattle Lake Union SPB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Seattle Lake Union SPB (LKE)plane ZRH - LKE
31h 6m$448–1,517Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Take the train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane MUC - SEA
19h 4m$496–1,144Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane FRA - SEA
18h 32m$548–1,400
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Seattle is to fly which costs $430 - $1,000 and takes 16h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Seattle is to fly which takes 16h 8m and costs $430 - $1,000.
The distance between Zurich and Seattle is 5300 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 8m to get from Zurich to Seattle, including transfers.
Seattle is 9h behind Zurich. It is currently 8:41 AM in Zurich and 11:41 PM in Seattle.
There are 1638+ hotels available in Seattle.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Seattle, WA, USA?
Icelandair, Edelweiss Air, and four other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–700
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
- Website
- harbourair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle Lake Union SPB via Vancouver, Victoria Inner Harbour Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle Lake Union SPB via Vancouver, Nanaimo, Coal Harbour Spb
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle Lake Union SPB via Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria Inner Harbour Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle Lake Union SPB via Munich International Airport, Vancouver, Victoria Inner Harbour Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle Lake Union SPB via Amsterdam Schiphol, Vancouver, Victoria Inner Harbour Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle Lake Union SPB via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Vancouver, Victoria Inner Harbour Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle Lake Union SPB via Vancouver, Ganges Harbor, Coal Harbour Spb
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Munich International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Basel to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Winterthur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- 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
- +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
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- thurbo.ch
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $9–13
- 1st Class Ticket
- $14–18
- Phone
- +43 (0) 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
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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