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
21h 16m$590–1,312Fly from Basel
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Carrasco International Airport (MVD)plane BSL - MVD
21h 47m$504–1,805Train 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
29h 7m$525–1,662Train, 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
21h 55m$796–2,767Train, 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
25h 16m$681–1,397
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 $550 - $1,400 and takes 21h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Montevideo is to train and fly which takes 21h 16m and costs $550 - $1,400.
The distance between Basel and Montevideo is 11295 km.
It takes approximately 21h 16m to get from Basel to Montevideo, including transfers.
Montevideo is 5h behind Basel. It is currently 9:15 AM in Basel and 4:15 AM in Montevideo.
There are 152+ hotels available in Montevideo.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Montevideo, Uruguay?
easyJet, Iberia, and LATAM Chile fly from Basel (BSL) to Carrasco International Airport (MVD) 5 times a week.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Madrid, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Basel to Carrasco International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Lisboa, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Basel to Carrasco International Airport via Lisboa, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,000
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
- Website
- voegol.com.br
Flights from Zurich Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Casablanca, Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
- Website
- aerolineas.com.ar
Flights from Zurich Airport to Carrasco International Airport via Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
- 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
- $35–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–200
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- 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
- $23–60
- 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
- $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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