There are 6 ways to get from Riyadh 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 to Basel
best- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL)plane RUH - BSL
12h 35mCHF 155–558Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane RUH - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
11h 49mCHF 181–517Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane RUH - STR
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbftrain
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bftrain
15h 3mCHF 233–722Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane RUH - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bftrain
13h 26mCHF 287–504Fly to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane RUH - GVA
- Take the train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VDtrain
- Take the train from Renens VD to Basel SBBtrain
14h 37mCHF 260–418Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane RUH - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
- Take the train from Lugano to Basel SBBtrain
15h 29mCHF 195–511
Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Riyadh to Basel is to fly which costs SFr 150 - SFr 600 and takes 12h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Riyadh to Basel is to fly and train which takes 11h 49m and costs SFr 180 - SFr 550.
The distance between Riyadh and Basel is 4299 km.
It takes approximately 12h 35m to get from Riyadh to Basel, including transfers.
Basel is 2h behind Riyadh. It is currently 12:14 AM in Riyadh and 10:14 PM in Basel.
There are 1324+ hotels available in Basel.
What companies run services between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Basel, Switzerland?
Turkish Airlines, Air Cairo, and six other airlines fly from Riyadh (RUH) to Basel (BSL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 230–800
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–700
Flights from Riyadh to Stuttgart Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–850
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–650
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–700
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Riyadh to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–750
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 140–600
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–550
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–460
Flights from Riyadh to Stuttgart Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–600
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 150–430
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–600
Flights from Riyadh to Stuttgart Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 210–750
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 190–550
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–550
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–600
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–500
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Riyadh to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–600
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–550
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–850
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–650
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 160–650
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 180–480
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 250–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Riyadh to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 220–700
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Riyadh to Frankfurt via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 270–700
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Riyadh to Geneva International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–600
- Website
- flyregent.com
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 170–380
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Riyadh to Milano Malpensa Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 240–700
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève-Aéroport to Renens VD
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–29
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Renens VD to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–85
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–120
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–25
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- CHF 13–16
- 1st Class Ticket
- CHF 17–25
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 11–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–60
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel Bad Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- 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 18–23
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
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