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Reykjavik to Zurich

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Reykjavik to Zurich. From €198.97, fastest 6h 58m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Reykjavik to Zurich runs about 12 times a day, with the first departure around 06:28 and the last around 18:44. One passenger pays between €198.97 and €224.93, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 58m over 2,697 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

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 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€198.97 to €224.93

  • 200%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Reykjavik

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.

  • 06:28First departure
  • 18:44Last departure
  • 12Services per day
  • 67%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €476.86Sun20
  2. about €395.44Mon21
  3. about €322.28Tue22
  4. about €333.49Wed23
  5. about €440.87Thu24
  6. about €388.95Fri25
  7. about €329.95Sat26
  8. about €329.36Sun27
  9. about €268.59Mon28
  10. about €266.23Tue29
  11. about €288.65Wed30
  12. about €337.62Thu1
  13. about €289.83Fri2
  14. about €250.89Sat3
  15. about €244.40Sun4
  16. about €198.97Mon5
  17. about €205.46Tue6
  18. about €222.57Wed7
  19. about €266.23Thu8
  20. about €242.04Fri9
  21. about €262.69Sat10

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 Reykjavik to Zurich

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

  1. €270.9590 days
  2. €173.0160 days
  3. €158.8545 days
  4. €173.6030 days
  5. €262.6921 days
  6. €250.8914 days
  7. €329.957 days
  8. €322.283 days
  9. €476.861 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €158.85.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 200 percent. The most expensive point is €476.86, 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.
€476.86€158.85137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

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

Clocks

2 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

2,697 km

2,618 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

118,918415,367

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

How we know

0/2

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

The route

ReykjavíkReykjavíkZürichZürich
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 2,697 km against 2,618 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Edinburgh, Brussels, Glasgow, Luxembourg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 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.

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.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

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 Reykjavik 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 Reykjavik to Zurich?

The fastest journey from Reykjavik to Zurich takes 6h 58m door to door, of which 3h 57m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 13m, 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 Reykjavik to Zurich?

The cheapest fare from Reykjavik to Zurich is €198.97, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €339.39. 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 Reykjavik to Zurich?

The cheapest way from Reykjavik to Zurich is by flight, at €198.97 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 7h 7m 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.

When should I book Reykjavik to Zurich?

Fares from Reykjavik to Zurich bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €158.85. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 200 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 Reykjavik to Zurich?

Saturday is the cheapest day to depart from Reykjavik to Zurich, at €262.69. 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 Reykjavik to Zurich?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Reykjavik to Zurich, at €171.83 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 Reykjavik to Zurich?

No operator record names Reykjavik to Zurich directly. Edelweiss Air, Icelandair 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 Reykjavik to Zurich?

67 percent of the services we sell from Reykjavik to Zurich are direct. The rest connect at Edinburgh, Brussels, Glasgow, Luxembourg, with about 60 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

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

Services from Reykjavik to Zurich by flight leave from Reykjavík KEF 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 Reykjavik to Zurich?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Reykjavik 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 Reykjavik to Zurich on September 19, 2026: 2697 km of route against 2618 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €198.97, and 6h 58m 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

Reykjavik reaches 78 places in 26 countries on services we hold, over distances from 249 to 6,027 km. Zurich reaches 302 places in 74 countries, from 22 to 10,301 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Reykjavik

  • 78Places you can leave for
  • 26Countries
  • 31Operators

Arriving in Zurich

Leaving Zurich

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

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