There are 4 ways to get from Basel to Montreal by plane or train
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Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)plane BSL - YUL
10h 48m$509–1,111Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)plane ZRH - YUL
12h 7m$609–973Train, 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 Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)plane GVA - YUL
13h 45m$638–1,411Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)plane FRA - YUL
12h 48m$640–1,612
Basel (BSL) to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Montreal is to fly which costs $500 - $1,200 and takes 10h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Montreal is to fly which takes 10h 48m and costs $500 - $1,200.
The distance between Basel and Montreal is 5946 km.
It takes approximately 10h 48m to get from Basel to Montreal, including transfers.
Montreal is 6h behind Basel. It is currently 5:13 PM in Basel and 11:13 AM in Montreal.
There are 1255+ hotels available in Montreal.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Montreal, QC, Canada?
Air Transat, Air France, and British Airways fly from Basel (BSL) to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) twice daily.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Basel to Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–950
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $95–300
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–320
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $120–170
- 2nd Class
- $90–120
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–27
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
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