There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Quito by plane, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Basel, car
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane BSL - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
20h 22m$369–1,330Train to Zurich Airport, fly, car
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane ZRH - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
18h 46m$361–1,209Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly, car
- Take the train from St Louis to Strasbourgtrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane SXB - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
22h 21m$493–1,387Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly, car
- 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 Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane GVA - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
20h 45m$629–1,014Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly, car
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane MXP - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
22h 26m$536–1,013Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly, car
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)plane LYS - UIO
- Drive from Quito Airport to Quitocar
24h 14m$521–1,453
Basel (BSL) to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Quito is to train and fly and car which costs $360 - $1,300 and takes 18h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Quito is to train and fly and car which takes 18h 46m and costs $360 - $1,300.
The distance between Basel and Quito is 9757 km.
It takes approximately 20h 22m to get from Basel to Quito, including transfers.
Quito is 6h behind Basel. It is currently 1:08 PM in Basel and 7:08 AM in Quito.
There are 848+ hotels available in Quito.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Quito, Ecuador?
There is no direct connection from Basel to Quito. However, you can take the line 50 bus to Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, walk to Basel (BSL) airport, fly to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO), walk to Quito Airport, then drive to Quito. Alternatively, you can take the train to Strasbourg, take the train to Entzheim Aeroport, walk to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) airport, fly to Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO), walk to Quito Airport, then drive to Quito.
- Website
- latam.com
Flights from Basel to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Basel to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Frankfurt, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Basel to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid, Guayaquil
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Basel to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Basel to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–950
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Basel to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via London Heathrow, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Basel to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Barcelona, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Madrid, Medellin Jose Marie Cordova
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via San Jose
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Basel to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Mariscal Sucre International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
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
- $26–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- $26–40
- Rail 1st Class
- $40–60
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- $75–120
- Rail 1st Class
- $120–170
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
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 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 Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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/
- Phone
- +593 98 414 6312
- fantasytravelecuador@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Car from Quito Airport to Quito
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Want to know more about travelling around Ecuador
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Read the travel guide
Train travel in France: A guide to SNCF
Read the travel guide
Heading to Europe? Read this before you buy a Eurail Pass
Read the travel guide






















