Zurich to Ljubljana runs about 9 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.
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
- 155%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.
- 06:07First departure
- 17:16Last departure
- 9Services per day
- 67%Run direct
FlixBus runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Trainline lists departures for Zurich to Ljubljana 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
- about €45.28Sun20
- about €39.23Mon21
- about €32.08Tue22
- about €40.33Wed23
- about €41.98Thu24
- about €41.43Fri25
- about €32.63Sat26
- about €32.63Sun27
- about €26.58Mon28
- about €26.03Tue29
- about €27.13Wed30
- about €32.63Thu1
- about €30.98Fri2
- about €26.03Sat3
- about €24.93Sun4
- about €21.08Mon5
- about €21.08Tue6
- about €22.18Wed7
- about €27.13Thu8
- about €26.58Fri9
- 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 Ljubljana. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Ljubljana for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Zurich to Ljubljana
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.5890 days
- €18.3360 days
- €17.7845 days
- €18.3330 days
- €28.2321 days
- €26.0314 days
- €32.637 days
- €32.083 days
- €45.281 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 155 percent. The most expensive point is €45.28, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Zurich to Ljubljana 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 east.
Who lives at each end
415,367 → 272,220
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
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 Trento, Udine, Bolzano, Innsbruck. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 LJU into Ljubljana is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Ljubljana
Settled in advance, so the ride into Ljubljana 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.
Baggage storage near Ljubljana
Most of the points near Ljubljana open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Zurich to Ljubljana
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 Ljubljana?
The fastest journey from Zurich to Ljubljana takes 4h 12m door to door, of which 1h 6m 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 Zurich to Ljubljana?
The cheapest fare from Zurich to Ljubljana is €21.08, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €38.13. 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 Ljubljana?
The cheapest way from Zurich to Ljubljana is by coach, at €21.08 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 7h 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 Zurich to Ljubljana?
The fastest way from Zurich to Ljubljana is by flight, at 4h 16m door to door. Only 1h 6m 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 Zurich to Ljubljana?
Fares from Zurich to Ljubljana 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 155 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 Zurich to Ljubljana?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Zurich to Ljubljana, 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 Zurich to Ljubljana?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Zurich to Ljubljana, 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 Zurich to Ljubljana?
No operator record names Zurich to Ljubljana 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 Zurich to Ljubljana?
67 percent of the services we sell from Zurich to Ljubljana are direct. The rest connect at Trento, Udine, Bolzano, Innsbruck, with about 49 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 Zurich to Ljubljana produce?
Traveling from Zurich to Ljubljana 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 Zurich to Ljubljana use?
Services from Zurich to Ljubljana by flight leave from Zürich ZRH and arrive at Ljubljana LJU. 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 Ljubljana?
2 of the 3 operators we sell from Zurich to Ljubljana 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 Ljubljana 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.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Ljubljana is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Ljubljana and across Slovenia
Day trips that leave Ljubljana in the morning and cover a good part of Slovenia 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. Ljubljana reaches 176 places in 30 countries, from 66 to 4,298 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Zurich
- 302Places you can leave for
- 74Countries
- 80Operators
Arriving in Ljubljana
Leaving Ljubljana
- 176Places you can leave for
- 30Countries
- 47Operators