There are 5 ways to get from Basel to Riyadh by plane or train
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Fly from Basel
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Riyadh (RUH)plane BSL - RUH
12h 56mSAR 451–1,033Train 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 56mSAR 645–2,739Train, 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 54mSAR 780–2,933Train, 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 Riyadh (RUH)plane MXP - RUH
14h 31mSAR 1,119–3,842Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Sbb to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Riyadh (RUH)plane FRA - RUH
13h 22mSAR 1,135–3,270
Basel (BSL) to Riyadh (RUH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Riyadh is to fly which costs 450﷼ - 1100﷼ and takes 12h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Riyadh is to train and fly which takes 10h 56m and costs 600﷼ - 2800﷼.
The distance between Basel and Riyadh is 4299 km.
It takes approximately 12h 56m to get from Basel to Riyadh, including transfers.
Riyadh is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 3:16 PM in Basel and 4:16 PM in Riyadh.
There are 661+ hotels available in Riyadh.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia?
Turkish Airlines, AJet, and four other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Riyadh (RUH) twice daily.
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–3,200
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–3,400
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,600
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,700
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 550–2,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,800
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,300
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,900
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 550–1,600
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,700
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–1,900
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,900
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,600
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–1,900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,800
- 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
- SAR 130–380
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 260–750
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 90–270
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 380–1,100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- SAR 27–35
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Basel Sbb to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- SAR 320–550
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- SAR 380–550
- 2nd Class
- SAR 320–430
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