There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Montevideo by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Carrasco International Airport (MVD)plane ZRH - MVD
20h 6m$697–1,285Fly from Basel
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Carrasco International Airport (MVD)plane BSL - MVD
21h 32m$394–1,305Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Carrasco International Airport (MVD)plane SXB - MVD
28h 46m$578–1,662Train, 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 Carrasco International Airport (MVD)plane GVA - MVD
22h 25m$804–1,890Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Carrasco International Airport (MVD)plane MXP - MVD
24h 21m$681–1,139
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Carrasco International Airport (MVD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Montevideo is to train and fly which costs $650 - $1,200 and takes 24h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Montevideo is to train and fly which takes 20h 6m and costs $650 - $1,300.
The distance between Basel and Montevideo is 11295 km.
It takes approximately 20h 6m to get from Basel to Montevideo, including transfers.
Montevideo is 4h behind Basel. It is currently 9:17 AM in Basel and 5:17 AM in Montevideo.
There are 488+ hotels available in Montevideo.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Montevideo, Uruguay?
easyJet, Air Europa, and two other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Carrasco International Airport (MVD) twice a week.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
Flights from Basel to Carrasco International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- voegol.com.br
Flights from Zurich Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- 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
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- 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
- $27–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- $27–40
- Rail 1st Class
- $40–60
- 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
- $23–30
- 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
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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