There are 8 ways to get from Kyoto to Basel by train or plane
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Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Basel
best- Take the train from Kyōto to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Basel (BSL)plane NGO - BSL
24h 31mCHF 278–990Train to Kobe, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane UKB - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
23h 32mCHF 698–2,117Fly Osaka International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Basel (BSL)plane ITM - BSL
22h 45mCHF 284–1,127Train to Kobe, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Basel (BSL)plane UKB - BSL
22h 37mCHF 440–1,631Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Kyōto to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NGO - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
22h 20mCHF 296–1,076Fly Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ITM - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
23h 15mCHF 372–1,613Train, train to Narita International Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
- Take the train from Kyōto to Shinagawatrain
- Take the train from Shinagawa to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Stationtrain
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane NRT - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
21h 50mCHF 511–1,196Train to Tokyo International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Kyōto to Shin-Yokohamatrain
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane HND - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
22h 57mCHF 464–1,594
Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Basel (BSL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kyoto to Basel is to train and fly which costs SFr 270 - SFr 1000 and takes 24h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Basel is to train and fly which takes 21h 50m and costs SFr 500 - SFr 1200.
The distance between Kyoto and Basel is 9731 km.
It takes approximately 24h 31m to get from Kyoto to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 7h behind Kyoto. It is currently 8:31 AM in Kyoto and 1:31 AM in Basel.
There are 546+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Kyoto, Japan and Basel, Switzerland?
All Nippon Airways, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Basel via Incheon, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,500
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–4,500
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–4,500
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Basel via Tokyo International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–4,500
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–3,900
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–3,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,300
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,200
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–4,500
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–4,500
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Basel via Tokyo International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–4,500
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 390–5,500
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–3,900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–3,400
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 500–1,300
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,200
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–4,500
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Basel via Tokyo International Airport, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–4,500
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–3,900
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Basel via Incheon, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,400
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Basel via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Basel via Tokyo International Airport, Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,500
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–1,100
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kobe to Basel via Tokyo International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 420–1,600
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Zurich Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–950
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 260–1,100
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Basel via Beijing Capital, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–1,200
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kobe to Zurich Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Zurich Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–3,900
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Zurich Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–35
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- CHF 21–29
- Reserved seat
- CHF 26–35
- Green seat
- CHF 30–45
Train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–24
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- CHF 15–21
- Reserved seat
- CHF 19–24
- Green seat
- CHF 23–35
Train from Kyōto to Shinagawa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–80
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- CHF 55–75
- Reserved seat
- CHF 60–80
- Green seat
- CHF 80–110
Train from Kyōto to Shin-Yokohama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–75
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- CHF 50–75
- Reserved seat
- CHF 60–75
- Green seat
- CHF 75–110
- 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 28–80
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–300
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jreast.co.jp
Train from Shinagawa to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3 Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–29
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/nex/
- Website
- https://www.eki-net.com/en/jreast-train-reservation/Top/Index
- Green Seat (First Class)
- CHF 22–29
- Ordinary Car
- CHF 14–18
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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