There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Mecca by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Basel to Jeddah, bus
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Jeddah (JED)plane BSL - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
12h 31mSAR 765–2,054Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Jeddah (JED)plane ZRH - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
11h 26mSAR 747–2,255Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
- 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 Jeddah (JED)plane GVA - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
12h 44mSAR 952–2,742Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Taif Regional Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Taif Regional Airport (TIF)plane ZRH - TIF
- Take the bus from Ta'if Bus Station to Makkah Bus Stnbus
15h 32mSAR 962–3,140Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Jeddah (JED)plane MXP - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
14h 15mSAR 1,064–3,146Train to Frankfurt, fly to Jeddah, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Jeddah (JED)plane FRA - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
12h 32mSAR 974–3,348Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport (MED)plane ZRH - MED
- Take the train from Madinah to Makkahtrain
14h 49mSAR 921–2,604
Basel (BSL) to Jeddah (JED) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Mecca is to train and fly and bus which costs 700﷼ - 2300﷼ and takes 11h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Mecca is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 26m and costs 700﷼ - 2300﷼.
The distance between Basel and Mecca is 4140 km.
It takes approximately 12h 31m to get from Basel to Mecca, including transfers.
Mecca is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 11:14 PM in Basel and 12:14 AM in Mecca.
There are 241+ hotels available in Mecca.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Mecca, Saudi Arabia?
There is no direct connection from Basel to Mecca. However, you can take the line 50 bus to Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, walk to Basel (BSL) airport, fly to Jeddah (JED), take the taxi to King Abdulaziz Airport, then take the bus to Jarwal Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take the train to Zürich HB, take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to Jeddah (JED), take the taxi to King Abdulaziz Airport, then take the bus to Jarwal Bus Station.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 550–3,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–3,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,400
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 550–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–3,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Jeddah via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–3,300
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Jeddah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Jeddah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Jeddah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,700
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Jeddah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,600
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Jeddah via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Jeddah via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,200
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Basel to Jeddah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–1,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 550–1,700
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Basel to Jeddah via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,600
Flights from Basel to Jeddah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,900
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Basel to Jeddah via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 440–1,500
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–1,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah via Luxor
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–1,600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Jeddah via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,800
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,300
- Website
- nileair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,500
- 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
- SAR 130–380
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 260–750
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 380–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- SAR 85–110
- 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
- SAR 26–35
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/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
- SAR 270–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 920000329
- customerservices@sar.com.sa
- Website
- sar.com.sa
Train from Madinah to Makkah
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 100–315
- Schedules at
- sar.hhr.sa
- Economy
- SAR 100–150
- Business
- SAR 180–260
- Phone
- + 966 920020590
- care@nwbus.sa
- Website
- nwbus.sa
Bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 40–60
- Schedules at
- nwbus.sa
Bus from Ta'if Bus Station to Makkah Bus Stn
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