Cheapest€19.98
- FlixBus FB695208:365h 58m14:34Zurich SihlquaiDusseldorf Zentraler Busbahnhof
Door to door 6h 42mCO2 12.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Zurich to Düsseldorf bus
Buses from Zurich to Düsseldorf start at €24.93 and take 6h 42m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Zurich to Düsseldorf on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Zurich to Düsseldorf starts at €24.93 and takes 6h 42m door to door, run by 1 operator over 448 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 6h 42mDoor to door
- 5h 58mMoving
- €24.93 to €46.93From
- 06:07 to 20:25First and last departure
- 9Per day
- 12.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€24.93 to €46.93 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €40.88Tue15
- about €39.23Wed16
- about €46.93Thu17
- about €39.78Fri18
- about €38.68Sat19
- about €37.03Sun20
- about €30.98Mon21
- about €24.93Tue22
- about €26.03Wed23
- about €34.83Thu24
- about €29.88Fri25
- about €30.43Sat26
- about €28.23Sun27
- about €26.58Mon28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Bus operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €19.98 | 6h 36m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Düsseldorf. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Düsseldorf for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Zurich to Düsseldorf
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.3890 days
- €22.1860 days
- €23.8345 days
- €18.3330 days
- €19.9821 days
- €26.5814 days
- €30.987 days
- €46.933 days
- €40.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €18.33.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 156 percent. The dearest point is €46.93, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €28.23Sun
- €26.58Mon
- €24.93Tue
- €26.03Wed
- €34.83Thu
- €29.88Fri
- €30.43Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Zürich
Coach
- Zurich Sihlquai
- Zürich Bus Station
Düsseldorf
Coach
- Dusseldorf Zentraler Busbahnhof
- Fernbusbahnhof Düsseldorf
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 448 km against 448 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Zurich at 06:07 and the last at 20:25, across 9 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
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 49m | 3h 5m | 44m | €56.44 | 14.8 kg | 18 |
| Flight | 4h 10m | 1h | 3h 10m | €52.06 | 113.4 kg | 18 |
| Coach | 6h 42m | 5h 58m | 44m | €24.93 | 12.1 kg | 9 |
Questions about Zurich to Düsseldorf
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 Zurich to Düsseldorf take?
The Coach from Zurich to Düsseldorf takes 6h 42m door to door, of which 5h 58m is spent moving. The route runs 448 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 Zurich to Düsseldorf cost?
The Coach from Zurich to Düsseldorf starts at €24.93 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €21.08. 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 Zurich to Düsseldorf?
1 operators run the Coach from Zurich to Düsseldorf: FlixBus. Between them they file around 9 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 Zurich to Düsseldorf use?
The Coach from Zurich to Düsseldorf leaves from Zurich Sihlquai and arrives at Dusseldorf Zentraler Busbahnhof. 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 Zurich to Düsseldorf?
Travelling from Zurich to Düsseldorf by Train costs €56.44 and takes 3h 49m door to door, against 6h 42m 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 Zurich to Düsseldorf?
Fares for the Coach from Zurich to Düsseldorf bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €18.33. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 156 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Zurich to Düsseldorf produce?
The Coach from Zurich to Düsseldorf produces about 12.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 448 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 Zurich to Düsseldorf?
Operators on the Coach from Zurich to Düsseldorf publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 42m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Zurich to Düsseldorf on 14 September 2026: 448 km of route against 448 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €24.93, and 6h 42m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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