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Ljubljana to Zurich

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Ljubljana to Zurich. From €21.08, fastest 4h 12m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Ljubljana to Zurich runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:07 and the last around 17:16. One passenger pays between €21.08 and €49.11, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 12m over 481 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.

Checked September 19, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€21.08 to €49.11

  • 195%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Ljubljana

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:07First departure
  • 17:16Last departure
  • 10Services per day
  • 60%Run direct

FlixBus runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Trainline lists departures for Ljubljana to Zurich on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €52.43Sun20
  2. about €39.23Mon21
  3. about €38.68Tue22
  4. about €40.33Wed23
  5. about €41.98Thu24
  6. about €41.43Fri25
  7. about €39.78Sat26
  8. about €32.63Sun27
  9. about €26.58Mon28
  10. about €26.03Tue29
  11. about €27.13Wed30
  12. about €32.63Thu1
  13. about €30.98Fri2
  14. about €30.98Sat3
  15. about €24.93Sun4
  16. about €21.08Mon5
  17. about €21.08Tue6
  18. about €22.18Wed7
  19. about €27.13Thu8
  20. about €26.58Fri9
  21. about €28.23Sat10

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 flight gets you into Zurich. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Zurich for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Zurich Hauptbahnhof and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Ljubljana to Zurich

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

  1. €26.5890 days
  2. €18.3360 days
  3. €17.7845 days
  4. €18.3330 days
  5. €28.2321 days
  6. €30.9814 days
  7. €39.787 days
  8. €38.683 days
  9. €52.431 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.78.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 195 percent. The most expensive point is €52.43, 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.
€52.43€17.78137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Ljubljana to Zurich and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

481 km

477 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

272,220415,367

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/4

4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

LjubljanaLjubljanaZürichZürich
The journey

What the journey 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 481 km against 477 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 Bolzano, Trento, Innsbruck, Udine. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.

The fare from ZRH into Zurich is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Zurich

Settled in advance, so the ride into Zurich costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Zurich Hauptbahnhof

Most of the points near Zurich Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Ljubljana 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 it take to get from Ljubljana to Zurich?

The fastest journey from Ljubljana to Zurich takes 4h 12m door to door, of which 1h 3m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 40m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Ljubljana to Zurich?

The cheapest fare from Ljubljana to Zurich is €21.08, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €40.61. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Ljubljana to Zurich?

The cheapest way from Ljubljana to Zurich is by coach, at €21.08 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 7h 8m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

What is the fastest way to get from Ljubljana to Zurich?

The fastest way from Ljubljana to Zurich is by flight, at 4h 13m door to door. Only 1h 3m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €49.11.

When should I book Ljubljana to Zurich?

Fares from Ljubljana to Zurich bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €17.78. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 195 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Ljubljana to Zurich?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ljubljana to Zurich, at €26.03. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Ljubljana to Zurich?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ljubljana to Zurich, at €18.33 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Ljubljana to Zurich?

No operator record names Ljubljana to Zurich directly. FlixBus, Flixbus CEE South, Swiss International Air Lines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Ljubljana to Zurich?

67 percent of the services we sell from Ljubljana to Zurich are direct. The rest connect at Bolzano, Trento, Innsbruck, Udine, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Ljubljana to Zurich produce?

Traveling from Ljubljana to Zurich by coach produces about 12.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 120.8 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Ljubljana to Zurich use?

Services from Ljubljana to Zurich by flight leave from Ljubljana LJU and arrive at Zürich ZRH. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Ljubljana to Zurich?

2 of the 3 operators we sell from Ljubljana to Zurich allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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.

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.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Ljubljana to Zurich on September 19, 2026: 481 km of route against 477 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €21.08, and 4h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Zurich a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

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Day trips out of Zurich and across Switzerland

Day trips that leave Zurich in the morning and cover a good part of Switzerland by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Ljubljana reaches 176 places in 30 countries on services we hold, over distances from 66 to 4,298 km. Zurich reaches 302 places in 74 countries, from 22 to 10,301 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Ljubljana

  • 176Places you can leave for
  • 30Countries
  • 47Operators

Arriving in Zurich

Leaving Zurich

  • 302Places you can leave for
  • 74Countries
  • 80Operators

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