There are 7 ways to get from Kathmandu to Basel by plane, train, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Tribhuvan International Airport to Basel
best- Fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Basel (BSL)KTM - BSL
18h 35mCHF 337–562Taxi to Simara Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
cheapest- Take the taxi from Kathmandu to Simara Airport (SIF)
- Fly from Simara Airport (SIF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)SIF - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
18h 41mCHF 284–683Fly Tribhuvan International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)KTM - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
16h 59mCHF 295–415Fly Tribhuvan International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Frankfurt (FRA)KTM - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
18h 46mCHF 326–625Fly Tribhuvan International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)KTM - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
20hCHF 299–844Fly Tribhuvan International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)KTM - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBB
20h 17mCHF 314–490Fly Tribhuvan International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)KTM - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBB
21h 14mCHF 356–584
Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kathmandu to Basel is to fly and train which costs SFr 290 - SFr 420 and takes 16h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Kathmandu to Basel is to fly and train which takes 16h 59m and costs SFr 290 - SFr 420.
The distance between Kathmandu and Basel is 6908 km.
It takes approximately 18h 35m to get from Kathmandu to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 4h 45m behind Kathmandu. It is currently 10:43 AM in Kathmandu and 5:58 AM in Basel.
There are 1260+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Kathmandu, Nepal and Basel, Switzerland?
Flydubai, Turkish Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Basel (BSL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Basel via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,200
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Zurich Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Frankfurt via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Simara Airport to Zurich Airport via Tribhuvan International Airport, Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,200
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,000
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Zurich Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Frankfurt via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–600
Flights from Simara Airport to Zurich Airport via Tribhuvan International Airport, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Delhi, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–750
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Delhi, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–650
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–550
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Zurich Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,100
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Frankfurt via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,000
Flights from Simara Airport to Zurich Airport via Tribhuvan International Airport, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–950
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,100
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–900
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,000
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–900
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–900
Flights from Simara Airport to Zurich Airport via Tribhuvan International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–850
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Zurich Airport via Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
Flights from Simara Airport to Zurich Airport via Tribhuvan International Airport, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–750
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Delhi, Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–800
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Basel via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 380–1,200
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Frankfurt via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–650
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–550
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Frankfurt via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–650
Flights from Tribhuvan International Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–600
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–40
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- 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 12–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–55
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–35
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 12–18
- 1st Class
- CHF 21–35
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 35–55
- 1st Class
- CHF 75–130
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 28–45
- 1st Class
- CHF 55–95
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 7821 9960770
- info@sweg.de
- Website
- sweg.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- sweg.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 65–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 50–70
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–24
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–85
Impala Travel Service
- Phone
- +977 1-4701549
- Website
- impala.com.np
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