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Winterthur · Switzerland

Car hire and driving in Winterthur

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In Switzerland traffic drives on the right. Picking up at ZRH means 14 km (9 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1061257 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11185210 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648814.

Drives from Winterthur

Car rental from Winterthur: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Winterthur to VaduzLiechtenstein72 km (45 mi)about 1 h 6 min
Winterthur to FreiburgGermany85 km (53 mi)about 1 h 18 min
Winterthur to BaselSwitzerland87 km (54 mi)about 1 h 19 min
Winterthur to MulhouseFrance108 km (67 mi)about 1 h 39 min
Winterthur to BernSwitzerland115 km (71 mi)about 1 h 45 min
Winterthur to ReutlingenGermany115 km (72 mi)about 1 h 45 min
Winterthur to UlmGermany137 km (85 mi)about 2 h 5 min
Winterthur to StrasbourgFrance140 km (87 mi)about 2 h 8 min
Winterthur to StuttgartGermany146 km (91 mi)about 2 h 13 min
Winterthur to PforzheimGermany153 km (95 mi)about 2 h 20 min
Winterthur to KarlsruheGermany169 km (105 mi)about 2 h 35 min
Winterthur to HeilbronnGermany185 km (115 mi)about 2 h 50 min
Winterthur to IstanbulTurkey1,758 km (1,093 mi)about 26 h 49 min
Winterthur to LondonUnited Kingdom778 km (483 mi)about 11 h 52 min
Winterthur to BerlinGermany650 km (404 mi)about 9 h 55 min
Winterthur to MadridSpain1,266 km (787 mi)about 19 h 19 min
Winterthur to KyivUkraine1,618 km (1,005 mi)about 24 h 41 min
Winterthur to RomeItaly692 km (430 mi)about 10 h 33 min
Winterthur to ParisFrance496 km (308 mi)about 7 h 34 min
Winterthur to HamburgGermany678 km (421 mi)about 10 h 20 min

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in Winterthur?

The right, as everywhere in Switzerland.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.