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 32mSAR 815–2,254Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
- 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 1,003–3,083Train, 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 1,569–3,198Train 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 1,318–4,268Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly to Jeddah, bus
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Jeddah (JED)plane SXB - JED
- Take the bus from King Abdulaziz Airport to Jarwal Bus Stationbus
13h 2mSAR 906–2,656Train, 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 1,115–3,212Train 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 56mSAR 977–2,832
Basel (BSL) to Jeddah (JED) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Mecca is to fly and bus which costs 800﷼ - 2300﷼ and takes 12h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Mecca is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 26m and costs 1000﷼ - 3100﷼.
The distance between Basel and Mecca is 4140 km.
It takes approximately 12h 32m to get from Basel to Mecca, including transfers.
Mecca is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 4:53 AM in Basel and 5:53 AM in Mecca.
There are 216+ 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 800–4,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–4,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,400–5,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–4,400
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–4,500
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Jeddah via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–3,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,400
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Jeddah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–4,800
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Jeddah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–4,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–3,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–4,800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Jeddah via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–4,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,300–4,800
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Jeddah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–3,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Basel to Jeddah via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–1,900
- 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 1,100–2,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–1,600
- Website
- nileair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–5,500
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Jeddah via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Jeddah via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 500–1,600
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Basel to Jeddah via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,900
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Taif Regional Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,300–4,600
- Website
- tunisair.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Jeddah via Tunis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,500
- Website
- nesmaairlines.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 550–1,300
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Jeddah via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–1,600
- 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 130–400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 270–800
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 95–280
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 400–1,200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Louis to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- SAR 95–210
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 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 27–35
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- 920000329
- customerservices@sar.com.sa
- Website
- sar.com.sa
Train from Madinah to Makkah
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- 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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