There are 4 ways to get from Cairo to Basel by plane or train
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Fly to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane CAI - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
8h 48mCHF 152–396Fly to Basel
cheapest- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Basel (BSL)plane CAI - BSL
9h 44mCHF 134–335Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CAI - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
11h 31mCHF 165–501Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CAI - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
10h 51mCHF 153–451
Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cairo to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 130 - SFr 340 and takes 9h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Cairo to Basel is to fly and train which takes 8h 48m and costs SFr 150 - SFr 400.
The distance between Cairo and Basel is 2876 km.
It takes approximately 8h 48m to get from Cairo to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 1h behind Cairo. It is currently 1:00 PM in Cairo and 12:00 PM in Basel.
There are 558+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Cairo, Egypt and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Cairo International Airport (CAI) to Basel (BSL) once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–550
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–900
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–750
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–550
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–750
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–750
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–270
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–270
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–320
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–230
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–800
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–750
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–700
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–700
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Zurich Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–440
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–800
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Basel via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–550
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Cairo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–550
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–85
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–17
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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