Bonn to Zurich bus

Buses from Bonn to Zurich start at €25.48 and take 6h 56m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Bonn to Zurich starts at €25.48 and takes 6h 56m door to door, run by 1 operator over 448 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 56mDoor to door
  • 6h 12mMoving
  • €25.48From
  • 12.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€22.18
  1. FlixBus FB845906:506h 12m13:02Bonn FernbusbahnhofZurich Sihlquai

Door to door 6h 56mCO2 12.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€22.186h 38m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Zurich is not something we sell.

A hotel room

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Booking window

When to book Bonn to Zurich

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €32.0890 days
  2. €19.9860 days
  3. €17.2345 days
  4. €21.0830 days
  5. €26.5821 days
  6. €43.0814 days
  7. €44.187 days
  8. €39.233 days
  9. €68.381 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.23.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 297 percent. The most expensive point is €68.38, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €40.33Sun
  2. €25.48Mon
  3. €30.43Tue
  4. €33.73Wed
  5. €33.18Thu
  6. €38.13Fri
  7. €43.08Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Bonn

Bus
  • Bonn Fernbusbahnhof
  • Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof Bonn

Zürich

Bus
  • Zurich Sihlquai
  • Zürich Bus Station
The journey

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
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 448 km against 389 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Freiburg, Saarbrücken, Karlsruhe, Ludwigshafen am Rhein. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Bonn at 06:50 and the last at 06:50, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train4h 4m3h 20m44m€57.5414.8 kg5
Coach6h 56m6h 12m44m€25.4812.1 kg1

Questions about Bonn to Zurich

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Bonn to Zurich take?

The Coach from Bonn to Zurich takes 6h 56m door to door, of which 6h 12m 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 Bonn to Zurich cost?

The Coach from Bonn to Zurich starts at €25.48 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €22.18. 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 Bonn to Zurich?

1 operators run the Coach from Bonn to Zurich: FlixBus. Between them they file around 1 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 Bonn to Zurich use?

The Coach from Bonn to Zurich leaves from Bonn Fernbusbahnhof 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 Bonn to Zurich?

Traveling from Bonn to Zurich by Train costs €57.54 and takes 4h 4m door to door, against 6h 56m 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 Bonn to Zurich?

Fares for the Coach from Bonn to Zurich bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.23. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 297 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Bonn to Zurich produce?

The Coach from Bonn to Zurich produces about 12.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 448 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Bonn to Zurich?

Operators on the Coach from Bonn to Zurich publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 56m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 modeled 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 Bonn to Zurich on September 12, 2026: 448 km of route against 389 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €25.48, and 6h 56m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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