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VIE Vienna ⇄ ZRH Zurich

Vienna International Airport (Austria) and Zürich Airport (Switzerland): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance603 km375 mi326 nautical miles
VIE → ZRH1 h 50 minestimated block time
ZRH → VIE1 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hZurich vs Vienna, today
Great-circle route from Vienna (VIE) to Zurich (ZRH)VIEViennaZRHZurich
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

VIE → ZRH

1 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 266° (W).

Leave Vienna Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Zurich Sat 7 Nov, 11:50 local.

ZRH → VIE

1 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 80° (E).

Leave Zurich Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Vienna Sat 7 Nov, 11:40 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 distance603 km · 375 mi · 326 nmi
Initial heading266° (W) from VIE; 80° (E) from ZRH
Farthest from the equator48.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip3% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

VIEEurope/Vienna — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
ZRHEurope/Zurich — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceZurich is on the same clock as Vienna today.

Jet lag, flying VIE → ZRH. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

VIE Vienna International AirportVienna, Austria · longest runway 11,811 ft3,600 m ZRH Zürich AirportZurich, Switzerland · longest runway 12,139 ft3,700 m

More routes from VIE and ZRH

LHRVIE London – Vienna 1,275 km792 mi · 2 h 25 min LHRZRH London – Zurich 788 km490 mi · 1 h 55 min JFKZRH New York – Zurich 6,310 km3,921 mi · 7 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

NBOZNZ Nairobi – Zanzibar 602 km374 mi · 1 h 45 min LAXSMF Los Angeles – Sacramento 600 km373 mi · 1 h 45 min HAMMUC Hamburg – Munich 600 km373 mi · 1 h 45 min SVOLED Moscow – St. Petersburg 598 km371 mi · 1 h 45 min

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).