There are 6 ways to get from Portland to Basel by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport, train
best- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane PDX - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
16h 43mCHF 373–1,291Fly Portland International Airport to Luxembourg, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane PDX - LUX
- Take the bus from Kirchberg, Réimerwee to Thionville, Foch Kiosquebus
- Take the train from Thionville to Mulhouse Villetrain
20h 17mCHF 228–1,019Fly Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane PDX - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
18h 33mCHF 384–1,324Fly Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane PDX - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
19h 37mCHF 426–1,517Fly Portland International Airport to Basel
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Basel (BSL)plane PDX - BSL
14h 28mCHF 345–1,406Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Portland to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Basel (BSL)plane SEA - BSL
18h 4mCHF 437–1,024
Portland International Airport (PDX) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portland to Basel is to fly and bus and train which costs SFr 220 - SFr 1100 and takes 20h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Portland to Basel is to fly which takes 14h 28m and costs SFr 340 - SFr 1500.
The distance between Portland and Basel is 8744 km.
It takes approximately 16h 43m to get from Portland to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 9h ahead of Portland. It is currently 8:19 PM in Portland and 5:19 AM in Basel.
There are 558+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Portland, OR, USA and Basel, Switzerland?
KLM flies from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Basel (BSL) once a week.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 280–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Basel via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,400
Flights from Portland International Airport to Luxembourg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 320–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Luxembourg via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–380
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 350–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
Flights from Portland International Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,100
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 310–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–1,100
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 300–1,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Stuttgart Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 290–950
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Calgary, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 340–1,300
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Portland International Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 330–1,100
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Basel via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–800
- 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 Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–55
- 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
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–20
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–14
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Thionville to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Portland to Tacoma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- mobiliteit.lu
Bus from Kirchberg, Réimerwee to Thionville, Foch Kiosque
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.mobiliteit.lu/en/
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