There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Irkutsk by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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 Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane FRA - IKT
18h 36m₽98,072–258,765Train, bus via Nuremberg
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Rostov-Iaroslavskiitrain
- Take the train from Rostov-Iaroslavskii to Irkutsk Pastrain
5d 12h₽24,731–53,439Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Magdeburg Hbftrain
- Take the bus from Magdeburg to Minsk Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Minsk Pas to Danilovtrain
- Take the train from Danilov to Irkutsk Pastrain
5d 7h₽36,868–61,633Drive 7,569.2 km
- Drive from Basel to Irkutskcar 7,569.2 km
3d 23h₽122,837–177,430Fly from Mulhouse
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane MLH - IKT
15h 18m₽50,549–200,686Fly from Basel
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane BSL - IKT
17h 23m₽36,549–140,686Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane ZRH - IKT
18h 54m₽42,586–174,962Train to Friedrichshafen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Friedrichshafen Airport (FDH) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT)plane FDH - IKT
27h 18m₽34,935–123,772Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to Würzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Hamburg Hbf to Irkutskcar
4d₽105,091–159,798
Basel to Irkutsk by train, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Irkutsk is to train and bus via Nuremberg which costs RUB 24000 - RUB 55000 and takes 5 days 12h.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Irkutsk is to fly which takes 15h 18m and costs RUB 50000 - RUB 210000.
The distance between Basel and Irkutsk is 6497 km. The road distance is 7569.2 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Irkutsk without a car is to train and bus which takes 5 days 7h and costs RUB 36000 - RUB 65000.
It takes approximately 18h 36m to get from Basel to Irkutsk, including transfers.
Irkutsk is 7h ahead of Basel. It is currently 8:26 PM in Basel and 3:26 AM in Irkutsk.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Irkutsk is 7569 km. It takes approximately 3 days 23h to drive from Basel to Irkutsk.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Irkutsk, Russia?
Wizz Air, Air Serbia, and two other airlines fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Irkutsk Airport (IKT) 3 times a week.
- Website
- s7.ru
Flights from Mulhouse to Irkutsk Airport via Belgrade, Pulkovo
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽55,000–210,000
Flights from Mulhouse to Irkutsk Airport via Nis, Istanbul, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₽55,000–210,000
Flights from Basel to Irkutsk Airport via Istanbul, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽36,000–140,000
Flights from Basel to Irkutsk Airport via Antalya, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₽39,000–150,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Istanbul, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽32,000–120,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Antalya, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽34,000–130,000
Flights from Friedrichshafen Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Belgrade, Pulkovo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽33,000–130,000
Flights from Friedrichshafen Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Antalya, Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽36,000–140,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Irkutsk Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽75,000–330,000
- Website
- aeroflot.ru
Flights from Mulhouse to Irkutsk Airport via Belgrade, Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽50,000–200,000
Flights from Friedrichshafen Airport to Irkutsk Airport via Belgrade, Moscow Sheremetyevo
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₽32,000–120,000
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Irkutsk Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽95,000–250,000
- Website
- yakutia.aero
Flights from Basel to Irkutsk Airport via Sabiha Gokcen, Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽39,000–150,000
- 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
- ₽2,800–8,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Magdeburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–23,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽2,500–5,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽2,600–8,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Minsk Pas to Danilov
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,800–9,500
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,800–5,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,500–9,500
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽13,000–19,000
Train from Minsk Pas to Rostov-Iaroslavskii
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,400–8,500
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Schedules at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- Book at
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽4,400–5,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽7,000–8,500
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽12,000–17,000
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Danilov to Irkutsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–17,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽46,000–65,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽11,000–16,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽12,000–17,000
Train from Rostov-Iaroslavskii to Irkutsk Pas
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–18,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽47,000–65,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽11,000–16,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽12,000–18,000
- 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
- ₽2,000–3,900
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽2,100–2,700
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Würzburg Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–11,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- info@vt.by
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Magdeburg to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽7,000–13,000
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +375-17-251-14-11
- info@minsktrans.by
- Website
- minsktrans.by
Bus from Nuremberg to Minsk Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽4,200–13,000
- Schedules at
- https://minsktrans.by/en/home/
- Book at
- https://infobus.by/en/bus
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