There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Kunming 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 Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane BSL - KMG
19h 18m¥2,034–9,547Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane MXP - KMG
21h 57m¥1,912–9,059Drive 10,486.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Kunmingcar 10,486.6 km
4d 22h¥14,530–20,988Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane ZRH - KMG
18h 33m¥2,078–9,285Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- 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 Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane STR - KMG
21h 54m¥2,817–10,549Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly
- 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 Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane GVA - KMG
21h 26m¥3,157–11,364
Basel (BSL) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Kunming is to train and fly which costs ¥1900 - ¥9500 and takes 21h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Kunming is to train and fly which takes 18h 33m and costs ¥2000 - ¥9500.
The distance between Basel and Kunming is 8392 km. The road distance is 10486.6 km.
It takes approximately 19h 18m to get from Basel to Kunming, including transfers.
Kunming is 6h ahead of Basel. It is currently 7:56 AM in Basel and 1:56 PM in Kunming.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Kunming is 10487 km. It takes approximately 4 days 22h to drive from Basel to Kunming.
There are 254+ hotels available in Kunming.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Kunming, China?
Lufthansa, Air China, and seven other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Basel to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Istanbul, Dhaka
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–12,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–13,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–11,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–8,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,500
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Basel to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–9,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–10,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–7,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–10,000
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from Basel to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–9,500
Flights from Basel to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Vienna, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–11,000
Flights from Basel to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Rome, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–11,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–10,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–7,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–13,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–11,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–9,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥240–700
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥700–2,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥480–1,400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥170–490
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥280–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥110–260
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥340–500
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥410–600
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥320–550
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥360–750
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- ¥500–750
- 2nd Class
- ¥360–480
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥110–210
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- ¥110–140
- 1st Class Ticket
- ¥150–210
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥110–160
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥110–170
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥90–120
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥160–200
- 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
- ¥45–60
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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