There are 6 ways to get from Hong Kong to Basel 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 Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane HKG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
16h 54mCHF 287–453Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane HKG - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain
21h 56mCHF 237–602Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Basel (BSL)plane HKG - BSL
18h 31mCHF 297–1,009Fly Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport (SZX) to Basel (BSL)plane SZX - BSL
17h 55mCHF 286–920Train to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN) to Basel (BSL)plane CAN - BSL
20h 15mCHF 254–816Fly Hong Kong International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane HKG - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
18h 55mCHF 294–525
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Hong Kong to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 280 - SFr 460 and takes 16h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Hong Kong to Basel is to fly and train which takes 16h 54m and costs SFr 280 - SFr 460.
The distance between Hong Kong and Basel is 9409 km.
It takes approximately 16h 54m to get from Hong Kong to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h behind Hong Kong. It is currently 7:23 PM in Hong Kong and 12:23 PM in Basel.
There are 1336+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Hong Kong and Basel, Switzerland?
Lufthansa, Cathay Pacific, and five other airlines fly from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Basel (BSL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–950
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–900
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–380
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–1,100
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–430
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–950
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,100
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,100
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–850
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–410
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,000
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Basel via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,000
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–850
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Shenzhen Bao'An International Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,000
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–50
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from West Kowloon Station to Guangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- CHF 10–11
- 1st Class Seat
- CHF 16–18
- Business Class Seat
- CHF 23–35
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–24
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
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