There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Riyadh by plane 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
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Riyadh (RUH)plane BSL - RUH
12h 57mSAR 720–2,432Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Riyadh (RUH)plane MXP - RUH
14h 1mSAR 716–2,044Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Riyadh (RUH)plane ZRH - RUH
10h 41mSAR 796–2,221Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Riyadh (RUH)plane FRA - RUH
11h 57mSAR 1,203–2,112Train, 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 Riyadh (RUH)plane GVA - RUH
12h 59mSAR 1,188–1,883Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Riyadh (RUH)plane STR - RUH
14h 37mSAR 845–2,892
Basel (BSL) to Riyadh (RUH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Riyadh is to train and fly which costs 700﷼ - 2100﷼ and takes 14h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Riyadh is to train and fly which takes 10h 41m and costs 750﷼ - 2300﷼.
The distance between Basel and Riyadh is 4299 km.
It takes approximately 12h 57m to get from Basel to Riyadh, including transfers.
Riyadh is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 12:13 AM in Basel and 1:13 AM in Riyadh.
There are 2515+ hotels available in Riyadh.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia?
Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Riyadh (RUH) 5 times a day.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 550–2,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,700
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,600
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,100
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,300
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–1,900
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,300
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–3,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,800
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,100
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,800
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 500–1,800
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,400–3,500
- Website
- flyregent.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–1,500
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,000
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Riyadh via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,600
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 120–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 240–340
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 85–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 360–500
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 240–500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 140–300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- SAR 80–110
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 25–35
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- SAR 120–550
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- SAR 50–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 60–120
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- SAR 60–75
- 1st Class Ticket
- SAR 80–120
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 55–85
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- SAR 65–100
- Website
- TGV inOui
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