There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Mountain View by train, plane, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)ZRH - SFO
16h 20m$271–545Fly Basel to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)BSL - SFO
18h 19m$567–923Train to Frankfurt, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)FRA - SFO
17h 38m$324–652Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)STR - SFO
19h 51m$554–1,124Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)ZRH - SJC
18h 29m$435–1,566Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)CDG - SFO
18h 30m$388–1,306Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Monterey Regional Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)ZRH - MRY
- Take a shuttle bus from Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage to San Jose Airport Terminal A
25h 15m$418–1,329
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Mountain View is to train and fly which costs $270 - $550 and takes 16h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Mountain View is to train and fly which takes 16h 20m and costs $270 - $550.
The distance between Basel and Mountain View is 5947 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 20m to get from Basel to Mountain View, including transfers.
Mountain View is 9h behind Basel. It is currently 12:44 PM in Basel and 3:44 AM in Mountain View.
There are 640+ hotels available in Mountain View.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Mountain View, Santa Clara County, CA, USA?
British Airways, United Airlines, and Alaska Airlines, Inc. fly from Basel (BSL) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 5 times a day.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–490
Flights from Basel to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Basel to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Frankfurt, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 34m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Basel to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to Monterey Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Basel to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Basel to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,300
Flights from Basel to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 54m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–600
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 54m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,300
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Zurich Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- airtahitinui.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 54m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–600
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $16–20
- 1st Class Ticket
- $21–30
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Basel Sbb to Paris Gare De Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +1 831-373-7777
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from Monterey - Calle Principal / Parking Garage to San Jose Airport Terminal A
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Schedules at
- groometransportation.com
- Online Discount
- $50–60
- Standard Rate
- $57
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