There are 6 ways to get from Zurich to Tijuana by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane ZRH - SAN
17h 43m$6,244–28,552Fly Zurich Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport (CLD)plane ZRH - CLD
- Take the train from Carlsbad Village Station to San Diego - Santa Fe Depottrain
28h 24m$5,774–25,612Train to Basel, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane BSL - SAN
18h 52m$7,349–46,129Fly Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane ZRH - LAX
- Take the bus from LAX Terminal 3 Shared Rides Stop to San Diegobus
19h 32m$6,194–13,302Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane MUC - SAN
21h 15m$10,190–31,280Fly Zurich Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA)plane ZRH - SNA
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to San Diego Old Town Transportation Centertrain
24h 3m$8,266–29,074
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Tijuana is to fly and bus which costs $6000 - $14000 and takes 19h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Tijuana is to fly which takes 17h 43m and costs $6000 - $29000.
The distance between Zurich and Tijuana is 9640 km.
It takes approximately 17h 43m to get from Zurich to Tijuana, including transfers.
Tijuana is 9h behind Zurich. It is currently 7:58 PM in Zurich and 10:58 AM in Tijuana.
There are 579+ hotels available in Tijuana.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Tijuana, Mexico?
Swiss, United Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 44m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $9,500–32,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $9,500–35,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–17,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $4,900–18,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–25,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 4m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–38,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–39,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–25,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–25,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,000–24,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,500–29,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,500–29,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 24m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9,500–36,000
Flights from Basel to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $9,000–42,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–19,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,500–25,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–23,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,000–30,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $9,500–35,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–19,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–38,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $10,000–39,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–25,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $7,500–29,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–29,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–25,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $8,500–39,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–25,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $8,500–25,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $9,500–35,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–17,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $9,000–34,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 38m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–29,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $9,000–42,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $9,500–35,000
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $9,000–34,000
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–28,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to John Wayne Airport Orange County via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–28,000
- 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
- $170–230
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $210–270
- 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
- $550–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $600–1,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899825-44
- servus@go-ahead.bayern
- Website
- go-ahead.bayern
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- go-ahead.bayern
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $600–850
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +1 760-966-6500
- Website
- gonctd.com
Train from Carlsbad Village Station to San Diego - Santa Fe Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://gonctd.com
- Schedules at
- https://gonctd.com/schedules/
- Adult
- $0
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $500–600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (858) 430-8440
- contact@gorelaxsan.com
- Website
- gorelaxsan.com
Bus from LAX Terminal 3 Shared Rides Stop to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.gorelaxsan.com/
- Phone
- (323)-776-5467
- hello@laxlinq.com
- Website
- laxlinq.com
Bus from LAX Terminal 3 Shared Rides Stop to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1,000–1,900
- Website
- https://laxlinq.com/
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