There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Sapporo by train or plane
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane ZRH - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
19h 33m¥95,571–170,573Fly Basel to New Chitose Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Basel (BSL) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane BSL - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
21h 3m¥51,569–162,121Train to Frankfurt, fly to New Chitose Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane FRA - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
20h 6m¥86,532–158,744Fly Basel to Asahikawa Airport, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Asahikawa Airport (AKJ)plane BSL - AKJ
- Take the train from Asahikawa to Sapporo(Jr)train
24h 39m¥99,929–296,871Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to New Chitose Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to New Chitose Airport (CTS)plane MXP - CTS
- Take the train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporotrain
23h 25m¥65,802–142,485Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Hakodate Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Hakodate Airport (HKD)plane ZRH - HKD
- Take the train from Hakodate to Sapporotrain
27h 40m¥82,781–271,633
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Sapporo is to train and fly which costs ¥65000 - ¥150000 and takes 23h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Sapporo is to train and fly which takes 19h 33m and costs ¥95000 - ¥180000.
The distance between Basel and Sapporo is 9120 km.
It takes approximately 19h 33m to get from Basel to Sapporo, including transfers.
Sapporo is 8h ahead of Basel. It is currently 4:10 AM in Basel and 12:10 PM in Sapporo.
There are 1631+ hotels available in Sapporo.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Sapporo, Japan?
There is no direct connection from Basel to Sapporo. However, you can take the train to Zürich HB, take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to New Chitose Airport (CTS), walk to New Chitose Airport, then take the train to Sapporo. Alternatively, you can take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to New Chitose Airport (CTS), walk to New Chitose Airport, then take the train to Sapporo.
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Zurich Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to New Chitose Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–140,000
Flights from Frankfurt to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–480,000
Flights from Basel to New Chitose Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Basel to New Chitose Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Basel to New Chitose Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Basel to Asahikawa Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–430,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hakodate Airport via Vienna, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–650,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hakodate Airport via Munich, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–650,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to New Chitose Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–140,000
Flights from Frankfurt to New Chitose Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥47,000–150,000
Flights from Basel to New Chitose Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Basel to New Chitose Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Basel to New Chitose Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Basel to New Chitose Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–160,000
Flights from Basel to New Chitose Airport via Prague, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–170,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to New Chitose Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥41,000–130,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
Flights from Frankfurt to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–210,000
Flights from Basel to Asahikawa Airport via Munich, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
Flights from Basel to Asahikawa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥95,000–290,000
Flights from Basel to Asahikawa Airport via Istanbul, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–750,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–140,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hakodate Airport via Munich, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–310,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–200,000
Flights from Frankfurt to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–150,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to New Chitose Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥45,000–140,000
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Frankfurt to New Chitose Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥55,000–230,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hakodate Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥70,000–250,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hakodate Airport via Munich, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–300,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to New Chitose Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to New Chitose Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥50,000–180,000
- Website
- airdo.jp
Flights from Basel to Asahikawa Airport via Frankfurt, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥80,000–310,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Hakodate Airport via Munich, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥75,000–310,000
- 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
- ¥3,900–8,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥10,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 011-222-7111
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–1,400
- Schedules at
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–18,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Asahikawa to Sapporo(Jr)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–5,500
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥4,500–5,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥4,000–5,500
- Green Seat
- ¥5,500–8,000
Train from Hakodate to Sapporo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ¥8,000–9,500
- Reserved Seat
- ¥8,000–12,000
- Green Seat
- ¥12,000–17,000
- 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
- ¥3,700–4,700
- 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
- ¥1,100–1,400
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
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