Cheapest€26.58
- FlixBus FB413806:508h 6m14:56Dresden Bayrische StrasseZurich Sihlquai
Door to door 8h 50mCO2 15.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Dresden to Zurich bus
Buses from Dresden to Zurich start at €32.08 and take 8h 44m at their fastest.
The Buses from Dresden to Zurich starts at €32.08 and takes 8h 44m door to door, run by 1 operator over 556 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 8h 44mDoor to door
- 8hMoving
- €32.08From
- 15.0 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €26.58 | 8h | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Zurich is not something we sell.
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When to book Dresden to Zurich
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.6390 days
- €23.2860 days
- €20.5345 days
- €23.8330 days
- €33.1821 days
- €35.3814 days
- €43.637 days
- €37.033 days
- €56.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 174 percent. The most expensive point is €56.28, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €37.03Sun
- €33.73Mon
- €34.83Tue
- €32.08Wed
- €49.68Thu
- €35.93Fri
- €35.38Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Dresden
Bus
- Dresden Bayrische Strasse
- Radeberg, Bahnhof
Zürich
Bus
- 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 556 km against 556 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 Nuremberg, Fürth, Augsburg, Stuttgart. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Dresden at 06:50 and the last at 17:03, across 4 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 22m | 1h 12m | 3h 10m | €64.45 | 141.0 kg | 2 |
| Train | 4h 31m | 3h 47m | 44m | €75.14 | 18.3 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 8h 44m | 8h | 44m | €32.08 | 15.0 kg | 4 |
Questions about Dresden 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 Dresden to Zurich take?
The Coach from Dresden to Zurich takes 8h 44m door to door, of which 8h is spent moving. The route runs 556 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 Dresden to Zurich cost?
The Coach from Dresden to Zurich starts at €32.08 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €28.51. 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 Dresden to Zurich?
1 operators run the Coach from Dresden to Zurich: FlixBus. Between them they file around 4 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 Dresden to Zurich use?
The Coach from Dresden to Zurich leaves from Dresden Bayrische Strasse 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 Dresden to Zurich?
Traveling from Dresden to Zurich by Flight costs €64.45 and takes 4h 22m door to door, against 8h 44m 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 Dresden to Zurich?
Fares for the Coach from Dresden to Zurich bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €20.53. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 174 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Dresden to Zurich produce?
The Coach from Dresden to Zurich produces about 15.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 556 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 Dresden to Zurich?
Operators on the Coach from Dresden 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 8h 44m 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 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 Dresden to Zurich on September 12, 2026: 556 km of route against 556 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.08, and 8h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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