✈ ZRH → KUL
12H 41M, 6,226 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Zurich to Kuala Lumpur
From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe → KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Kuala Lumpur → Zurich
How long is the flight from Zurich to Kuala Lumpur?
A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) takes about 12 hours 41 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,226 miles (10,020 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 41m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,226 mi
10,020 km · great-circle
Avg speed
790 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Zurich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Zurich
Kuala Lumpur timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Time difference
+6h
6 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~6d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Zurich
Nearest destinations
- Zurich → Milan
- Zurich → Munich
- Zurich → Frankfurt
- Zurich → Paris
- Zurich → Brussels
- Zurich → Prague
- Zurich → Amsterdam
- Zurich → Vienna
- Zurich → Berlin
- Zurich → Rome
Long-haul from Zurich
- Zurich → Auckland
- Zurich → Sydney
- Zurich → Melbourne
- Zurich → Bali (Denpasar)
- Zurich → Santiago
- Zurich → Buenos Aires
- Zurich → Manila
- Zurich → Singapore
- Zurich → Mexico City
- Zurich → São Paulo
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Flights to Kuala Lumpur
Nearest origins
- Singapore → Kuala Lumpur
- Bangkok → Kuala Lumpur
- Bali (Denpasar) → Kuala Lumpur
- Manila → Kuala Lumpur
- Hong Kong → Kuala Lumpur
- Taipei → Kuala Lumpur
- Mumbai → Kuala Lumpur
- Shanghai → Kuala Lumpur
- Delhi → Kuala Lumpur
- Beijing → Kuala Lumpur
Long-haul to Kuala Lumpur
- Cancun → Kuala Lumpur
- Miami → Kuala Lumpur
- Mexico City → Kuala Lumpur
- Santiago → Kuala Lumpur
- Atlanta → Kuala Lumpur
- Buenos Aires → Kuala Lumpur
- São Paulo → Kuala Lumpur
- Rio de Janeiro → Kuala Lumpur
- Dallas → Kuala Lumpur
- New York → Kuala Lumpur