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LHR London ⇄ ZRH Zurich

London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) and Zürich Airport (Switzerland): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance788 km490 mi426 nautical miles
LHR → ZRH1 h 55 minestimated block time
ZRH → LHR2 hestimated block time
Clock change+1 hZurich vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Zurich (ZRH)LHRLondonZRHZurich
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

LHR → ZRH

1 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 121° (ESE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Zurich Sat 7 Nov, 12:55 local.

ZRH → LHR

2 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 308° (NW).

Leave Zurich Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 11:00 local.

The two directions differ by 8 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance788 km · 490 mi · 426 nmi
Initial heading121° (ESE) from LHR; 308° (NW) from ZRH
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip4% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
ZRHEurope/Zurich — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceZurich is 1 hour ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LHR → ZRH. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m ZRH Zürich AirportZurich, Switzerland · longest runway 12,139 ft3,700 m

More routes from LHR and ZRH

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min LHRMAD London – Madrid 1,244 km773 mi · 2 h 30 min AMMLHR Amman – London 3,683 km2,288 mi · 5 h 35 min LHRDEL London – Delhi 6,731 km4,183 mi · 8 h 05 min LHRSEZ London – Mahé 8,176 km5,080 mi · 10 h LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min VIEZRH Vienna – Zurich 603 km375 mi · 1 h 50 min JFKZRH New York – Zurich 6,310 km3,921 mi · 7 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

CMBMLE Colombo – Malé 778 km483 mi · 1 h 55 min HKGTPE Hong Kong – Taipei 806 km501 mi · 1 h 55 min DELKTM Delhi – Kathmandu 816 km507 mi · 1 h 55 min HNDCTS Tokyo – Sapporo 820 km509 mi · 2 h

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).