There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Sydney by train, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane ZRH - SYD
24h 54m$848–1,678Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
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 Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane MXP - SYD
29h 34m$743–4,692Fly Basel to Sydney International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane BSL - SYD
26h 46m$956–1,510Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
- 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 Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane GVA - SYD
27h 53m$814–1,768Fly Mulhouse to Sydney International Airport
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane MLH - SYD
28h 1m$1,506–3,510Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Canberra International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Canberra International Airport (CBR)plane ZRH - CBR
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney Central Stationbus
32h 6m$1,284–3,041Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Sydney International Airport
- 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 Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane STR - SYD
30h 14m$1,029–2,349
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Sydney is to fly which costs $950 - $1,600 and takes 26h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Sydney is to train and fly which takes 24h 54m and costs $850 - $1,700.
The distance between Basel and Sydney is 16674 km.
It takes approximately 24h 54m to get from Basel to Sydney, including transfers.
Sydney is 9h ahead of Basel. It is currently 4:34 PM in Basel and 1:34 AM in Sydney.
There are 5353+ hotels available in Sydney.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Sydney, NSW, Australia?
Flydubai and Emirates fly from Basel (BSL) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) 4 times a week.
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–4,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,800
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,900
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,900
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Basel to Sydney International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Mulhouse to Sydney International Airport via Tirana, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sydney International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–5,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sydney International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–4,200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–1,500
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,100
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sydney International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,400
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Mulhouse to Sydney International Airport via Belgrade, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,500
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Canberra International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–2,900
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- 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
- $30–45
- 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
- $9–13
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- 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
- $50–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $21–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- 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
- $22–35
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- 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 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $22–28
- 1st Class Ticket
- $30–45
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Website
- FlixBus Australia
Bus from Canberra to Sydney Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Australia
Want to know more about travelling around Australia
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
10 amazing places to get away from it all in Australia
Read the travel guide
4 of the smartest ways to explore Australia
Read the travel guide
Heading to Europe? Read this before you buy a Eurail Pass
Read the travel guide

































