There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Xi'an by train, plane, or car
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY)plane ZRH - XIY
17h 40m¥1,988–7,781Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Xi'An Xianyang 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 Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY)plane MXP - XIY
18h 45m¥1,722–8,033Drive 9,443.9 km
- Drive from Basel to Xi'ancar 9,443.9 km
4d 12h¥13,104–18,928Fly Basel to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY)plane BSL - XIY
16h 45m¥2,045–8,056Train, train to Geneva International Airport, fly to Xi'An Xianyang 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 Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY)plane GVA - XIY
20h 38m¥2,468–9,339Train to Frankfurt, fly to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport (YCU)plane FRA - YCU
- Take the train from Yuncheng North to Xi'an Northtrain
22h 32m¥2,287–9,258Train, train to Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, fly to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Rorschachtrain
- Fly from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (ACH) to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY)plane ACH - XIY
23h 32m¥3,142–12,501Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Xi'An Xianyang 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 Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY)plane STR - XIY
21h 11m¥2,433–8,978
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Xi'an is to train and fly which costs ¥1700 - ¥8500 and takes 18h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Xi'an is to fly which takes 16h 45m and costs ¥2000 - ¥8500.
The distance between Basel and Xi'an is 8080 km. The road distance is 9443.9 km.
It takes approximately 17h 40m to get from Basel to Xi'an, including transfers.
Xi'an is 6h ahead of Basel. It is currently 3:45 AM in Basel and 9:45 AM in Xi'an.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Xi'an is 9444 km. It takes approximately 4 days 12h to drive from Basel to Xi'an.
There are 174+ hotels available in Xi'an.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Xi'an, China?
Austrian Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Basel (BSL) to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY) once daily.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–18,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–6,000
Flights from Basel to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
Flights from Basel to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–20,000
Flights from Basel to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–7,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–12,000
Flights from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–11,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–20,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–11,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–7,000
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–8,000
Flights from Saint Gallen-Altenrhein Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–13,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Basel to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–11,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–9,500
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–18,000
Flights from Basel to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–20,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–20,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Basel to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,500
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Frankfurt, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–9,500
- 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
- ¥240–700
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥700–2,000
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥480–1,400
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Genève-Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥170–480
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Rorschach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥280–800
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- ¥150–200
- 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
- ¥45–60
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- 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
- ¥480–1,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥280–650
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥120–270
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Yuncheng North to Xi'an North
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥85–170
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥85–120
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥120–170
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥110–210
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- ¥110–140
- 1st Class Ticket
- ¥150–210
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥110–160
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥120–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥110–170
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥90–120
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
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