Zurich to Akureyri

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Zurich to Akureyri. From €191.30, fastest 6h 55m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Zurich to Akureyri runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €191.30, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 55m over 2,647 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €191.30, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€191.30

  • 171%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Zurich

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.

  • 06:05First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €501.64Fri18
  2. about €528.19Sat19
  3. about €440.28Sun20
  4. about €345.29Mon21
  5. about €368.30Tue22
  6. about €364.17Wed23
  7. about €384.82Thu24
  8. about €335.85Fri25
  9. about €356.50Sat26
  10. about €373.61Sun27
  11. about €296.32Mon28
  12. about €311.66Tue29
  13. about €292.19Wed30
  14. about €279.80Thu1
  15. about €237.91Fri2
  16. about €276.85Sat3
  17. about €278.03Sun4
  18. about €254.43Mon5
  19. about €191.30Tue6
  20. about €227.29Wed7
  21. about €275.08Thu8

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 Akureyri. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Akureyri for the night the flight gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Zurich to Akureyri

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

  1. €223.1690 days
  2. €184.8160 days
  3. €211.9545 days
  4. €223.1630 days
  5. €275.0821 days
  6. €279.8014 days
  7. €384.827 days
  8. €440.283 days
  9. €501.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €184.81.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 171 percent. The most expensive point is €501.64, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€501.64€184.81137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

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

Clocks

2 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

2,647 km

2,570 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

415,36719,219

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

ZürichZürichAkureyriAkureyri
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,647 km against 2,570 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 Manchester, London, Reykjavík, Glasgow. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 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.

The fare from AEY into Akureyri 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 Akureyri

Settled in advance, so the ride into Akureyri 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

Akureyri is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Akureyri Hof

Most of the points near Akureyri Hof open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Zurich to Akureyri

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 Zurich to Akureyri?

The fastest journey from Zurich to Akureyri takes 6h 55m door to door, of which 4h 1m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 9m, 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 Zurich to Akureyri?

The cheapest fare from Zurich to Akureyri is €191.30, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €358.27. 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 Zurich to Akureyri?

The cheapest way from Zurich to Akureyri is by flight, at €191.30 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 7h 11m 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 Zurich to Akureyri?

Fares from Zurich to Akureyri bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €184.81. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 171 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Thursday is the cheapest day to depart from Zurich to Akureyri, at €279.80. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Zurich to Akureyri?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Zurich to Akureyri, at €193.07 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 Zurich to Akureyri?

No operator record names Zurich to Akureyri directly. Edelweiss Air 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 Zurich to Akureyri?

20 percent of the services we sell from Zurich to Akureyri are direct. The rest connect at Manchester, London, Reykjavík, Glasgow, with about 56 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 Zurich to Akureyri use?

Services from Zurich to Akureyri by flight leave from Zürich ZRH and arrive at Akureyri AEY. 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 Zurich to Akureyri?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Zurich to Akureyri 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 Zurich to Akureyri on September 17, 2026: 2647 km of route against 2570 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €191.30, and 6h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Akureyri is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Akureyri and across Iceland

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

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The two ends, compared

Zurich reaches 302 places in 74 countries on services we hold, over distances from 22 to 10,301 km. Akureyri reaches 5 places in 3 countries, from 249 to 2,570 km.

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  • 74Countries
  • 80Operators

Arriving in Akureyri

Leaving Akureyri

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  • 3Countries
  • 4Operators

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