There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Beijing by plane, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)BSL - PEK
15h 2m¥2,851–4,657Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)MXP - PEK
18h 4m¥2,241–6,972Drive 9,713 km
- Drive from Basel to Beijing9,713 km
4d 14h¥13,763–19,880Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)ZRH - PEK
15h 43m¥3,030–5,935Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)FRA - PEK
14h 30m¥2,774–8,771Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)GVA - PEK
16h 48m¥2,532–6,521
Basel (BSL) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Beijing is to fly which costs ¥2800 - ¥4700 and takes 15h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Beijing is to train and fly which takes 14h 30m and costs ¥2700 - ¥9000.
The distance between Basel and Beijing is 8049 km. The road distance is 9713 km.
It takes approximately 15h 2m to get from Basel to Beijing, including transfers.
Beijing is 7h ahead of Basel. It is currently 6:04 AM in Basel and 1:04 PM in Beijing.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Beijing is 9713 km. It takes approximately 4 days 14h to drive from Basel to Beijing.
There are 1055+ hotels available in Beijing.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Beijing, China?
Austrian Airlines, Air China, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–6,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–10,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–6,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–4,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Basel to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–4,800
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–9,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥170–340
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥470–900
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥210–400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥290–600
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥240–750
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥160–210
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥50–65
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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