Cheapest€24.38
- FlixBus FB627217:037h 49m00:52Praha FlorencZurich Sihlquai
Door to door 8h 33mCO2 14.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Prague to Zurich bus
Buses from Prague to Zurich start at €28.78 and take 7h 36m at their fastest.
The Buses from Prague to Zurich starts at €28.78 and takes 7h 36m door to door, run by 2 operators over 526 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 36mDoor to door
- 6h 52mMoving
- €28.78From
- 14.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €24.38 | 7h 37m |
| Flixbus CEE South | €24.93 | 7h 36m |
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Zurich is not something we sell.
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When to book Prague to Zurich
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.9890 days
- €19.9860 days
- €19.9845 days
- €19.9830 days
- €28.7821 days
- €35.9314 days
- €43.087 days
- €41.983 days
- €56.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 184 percent. The dearest point is €56.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €33.73Sun
- €29.33Mon
- €28.78Tue
- €35.93Wed
- €37.58Thu
- €36.48Fri
- €35.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Prague
Coach
- Praha Florenc
- Nádraží Modřany
Zürich
Coach
- Zurich Sihlquai
- Zürich Bus Station
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 526 km against 526 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Regensburg, Pilsen, Augsburg, Munich. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Prague at 06:50 and the last at 17:06, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 20m | 1h 10m | 3h 10m | €61.50 | 133.3 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 7h 36m | 6h 52m | 44m | €28.78 | 14.2 kg | 6 |
Questions about Prague to Zurich
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Prague to Zurich take?
The Coach from Prague to Zurich takes 7h 36m door to door, of which 6h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 526 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Prague to Zurich cost?
The Coach from Prague to Zurich starts at €28.78 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €32.36. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Prague to Zurich?
2 operators run the Coach from Prague to Zurich: FlixBus, Flixbus CEE South. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Prague to Zurich use?
The Coach from Prague to Zurich leaves from Praha Florenc and arrives at Zurich Sihlquai. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Prague to Zurich?
Travelling from Prague to Zurich by Flight costs €61.50 and takes 4h 20m door to door, against 7h 36m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Prague to Zurich?
Fares for the Coach from Prague to Zurich bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 184 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Prague to Zurich produce?
The Coach from Prague to Zurich produces about 14.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 526 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Prague to Zurich?
Operators on the Coach from Prague to Zurich publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 36m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Prague to Zurich on 12 September 2026: 526 km of route against 526 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.78, and 7h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Zurich is somebody else's catalogue.
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