There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Cancún by train or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane ZRH - CUN
15h 29m$8,723–20,150Fly Basel to Cancún International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane BSL - CUN
16h 26m$6,104–17,208Train to Frankfurt, fly to Cancún International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane FRA - CUN
17h 1m$9,239–24,551Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane STR - CUN
19h 5m$8,976–23,932Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Cancún International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroporttrain
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Cancún International Airport (CUN)plane GVA - CUN
22h 7m$10,681–23,393Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Tulum International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tulum International Airport (TQO)plane ZRH - TQO
- Take the train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuertotrain
36h 37m$8,328–25,330
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Cancún is to fly which costs $6000 - $18000 and takes 16h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Cancún is to train and fly which takes 15h 29m and costs $8500 - $21000.
The distance between Basel and Cancún is 8799 km.
It takes approximately 15h 29m to get from Basel to Cancún, including transfers.
Cancún is 7h behind Basel. It is currently 12:43 AM in Basel and 5:43 PM in Cancún.
There are 1644+ hotels available in Cancún.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Cancún, Mexico?
Air France, KLM, and eight other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Cancún International Airport (CUN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cancún International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $5,000–19,000
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–22,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tulum International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–22,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tulum International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–24,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–17,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,500–16,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–19,000
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–14,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–13,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cancún International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–22,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–19,000
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $7,500–14,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–13,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cancún International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–22,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–21,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cancún International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–22,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cancún International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–21,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tulum International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–24,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tulum International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $6,500–22,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tulum International Airport via Tampa, Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 51m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–24,000
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cancún International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,000–21,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $5,000–19,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Basel to Cancún International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $5,500–21,000
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cancún International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–13,000
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Cancún International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $8,000–20,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Cancún International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–27,000
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tulum International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–22,000
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tulum International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $6,500–24,000
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $600–850
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,700
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $430–600
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $600–850
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $300–650
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $290–550
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $290–360
- 1st Class Ticket
- $390–550
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $280–400
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $330–490
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +52 559 771 1000
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
Train from Estación Tren Maya Tulum Aeropuerto to Estación Tren Maya Cancún Aeropuerto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
- Website
- Booking Tren Maya
- Special Tourist (INAPAM)
- $240–300
- Local Tourist
- $310–370
- National Tourist
- $460–550
- International Tourist
- $600–750
- National Premier
- $700–900
- International Premier
- $950–1,200
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