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✈ YVR → ZRH

VANCOUVER → ZURICH IN 10H 38M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
10h 38m
Distance
5,162 mi
Or
8,308 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Vancouver to Zurich

From YVR (YVR), Canada North America  →  Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe

↔ Flying the other way? Zurich → Vancouver

How long is the flight from Vancouver to Zurich?

A nonstop flight from Vancouver (YVR) to Zurich (ZRH) takes about 10 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,162 miles (8,308 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 38m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,162 mi

8,308 km · great-circle

Avg speed

781 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Vancouver timezone

UTC-7

America/Vancouver

Zurich timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Zurich

Time difference

+9h

9 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~9d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1230 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1421 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 341 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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