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
11h 57mSAR 720–2,432Train 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 793–2,237Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Riyadh (RUH)plane FRA - RUH
11h 57mSAR 1,324–2,335Train, 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 49mSAR 1,183–1,925Train, 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 1mSAR 815–2,190Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Riyadh (RUH)plane STR - RUH
14h 6mSAR 941–2,817
Basel (BSL) to Riyadh (RUH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Riyadh is to fly which costs 700﷼ - 2500﷼ and takes 11h 57m.
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 11h 57m to get from Basel to Riyadh, including transfers.
Riyadh is 2h ahead of Basel. It is currently 4:16 AM in Basel and 6:16 AM in Riyadh.
There are 2415+ 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) 5 times a day.
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 650–2,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,300
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Riyadh via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,400
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,700
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,800
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 600–2,600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,100
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,300–3,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,400–3,600
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–2,900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–3,100
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,400
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,700
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,300
- Website
- flyregent.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–1,600
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Riyadh via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,400
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Basel to Riyadh via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,600–4,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–3,200
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 120–190
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 240–380
- 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 85–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 350–550
- 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 210–430
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 130–260
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- SAR 50–110
- 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
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- SAR 180–270
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- SAR 190–380
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- SAR 270–380
- 2nd Class
- SAR 190–260
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- SAR 90–130
- 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 35–55
- 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
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 55–110
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- SAR 55–70
- 1st Class Ticket
- SAR 75–110
- 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 55–80
- 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
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 65–100
- Website
- TGV inOui
Want to know more about travelling around Saudi Arabia
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
Heading to Europe? Read this before you buy a Eurail Pass
Read the travel guide
Italian Lakes: Getting around by train
Read the travel guide





































